Rabbi Gershon Bacon

Rabbi Professor Gerson Bacon is a retired associate professor of Jewish history at Bar-Ilan University, where he held the Marcell and Maria Roth Chair for the History and Culture of Polish Jewry. He is an expert in the history of East European Jewry, specializing in the social, political, and religious history of Polish Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries.

VIDEOS

Legacy of the Heart: Honoring the 3rd Yahrzeit of Rav David Weiss Halivni zt’l

by Rabbi Ronald Price, Rabbi Gershon Bacon and Rabbi David Weiss Halivni Z"L
July 2, 2025

Categories: Remembering Rabbi Halivni Z"L, UTJ Events

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May Women Recite Birkat Erusin and Sheva Berakhot Under the Huppah?

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
February 24, 2022

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Tomeikh KaHalakhah, Women's Forum

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Strangers, Neighbors, Citizens: Polish Jewry in History and Historiography

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
October 24, 2021

Categories: Jewish History

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Rabbis Share Divrei Torah as Passover Approaches During the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg, Rabbi Noah Gradofsky, Rabbi David Novak, Rabbi Gershon Bacon, Rabbi Baruch Melman, Rabbi Leonard Levy, Rabbi Moshe P. Weisblum, Rabbi Jeffrey Miller, Recommended by UTJ and Rabbi Steven Saks
April 5, 2020

Categories: Coronavirus, Holidays, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Passover, UTJ Events

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Antisemitism and Anti-Orthodoxy in the Age of Social Media

Categories: Anti-Semitism, Denominations, Modern Judaism, Politics

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Converting the Children of a Non-Converted Mother

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
November 21, 2017

Categories: Converts/Conversion, Halakhah, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Relationships, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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May China be Kashered?

by Rabbi Wayne Allen and Rabbi Gershon Bacon
July 30, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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Is it Permissible to Invite Non-Observant Jews to Your Home on Shabbat When You Know They Will Come by Car?

by Rabbi Wayne Allen and Rabbi Gershon Bacon
July 30, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Shabbat, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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Organ Donation

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
April 26, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Modern Judaism, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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The Hybrid Etrog

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
April 26, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Sukkot, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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A Hearing-Impaired Person and the Mitzvah of Shofar

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
April 26, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, High Holidays, Holidays, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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Observing the Second Day of Yom Tov in Israel and the Diaspora When One is a Visitor

by Rabbi Gershon Bacon
April 26, 2017

Categories: Halakhah, Halakhah, Holidays, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Tomeikh KaHalakhah

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