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- 1. In the Beginning Sep 1, 2013
- Tracing the Jewish experience from tribal beginnings to the destruction of the Jewish High Temple.
- 2. Among Believers Sep 8, 2013
- Medieval Jews struggle to preserve their identity under the rule of Christianity and Islam.
- 3. A Leap of Faith Sep 15, 2013
- The integration of Jewish talent into the mainstream of European culture and commerce.
Simon Schama examines how the Holocaust and the creation of Israel altered Jewish identity.
- Sepphoris Mosaic
Sepphoris Mosaic - The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama |...
- Episode 1
The story of the Jewish experience begins 3,000 years ago...
- Video
Video - The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama | PBS
- Explore The Diaspora
Explore The Diaspora - The Story of the Jews with Simon...
- Share Your Journey
Share Your Journey - The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama...
- Classroom
Classroom - The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama | PBS
- Sepphoris Mosaic
The Story of the Jews is a television series, in five parts, presented by British historian Simon Schama. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in September 2013 [1] and in the United States on PBS in March and April 2014.
This five-hour series follows Schama as he travels from Russia and the Ukraine to Egypt, Israel and Spain, exploring the imprint that Jewish culture has made on the world and the drama of ...
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE–1492 CE is a book by the British historian Simon Schama, which is being published in three volumes. The first volume, entitled Finding the Words, 1000BCE – 1492CE, was published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in September 2013.
- Simon Schama
- 2013
Simon Schama presents The Story of the Jews, a five-part look at 3000 years of Jewish history and the impact the Jews have made on the world.
The Holocaust and the creation of Israel fundamentally change what it means to be Jewish. Schama travels to Eastern Europe to consider the Jews' profound impact. The lost world of Shtetl, the Jewish towns and villages sewn across Central and Eastern Europe, virtually destroyed during the Holocaust.
In medieval times, Jews struggled to survive in a world dominated by two rival religions: Christianity and Islam. Historian Simon Schama traces the history of the Jews from the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70AD to the ghetto in 17th century Venice in this history documentary.
