Simon Schama looks at the Jewish story, starting 3,000 years ago with the emergence of tribal people in contested land and a book...
Simon Schama examines the story of the medieval Jews and their struggle to preserve their identity under the rule of Christianity ...
Simon Schama examines how the Enlightenment brought the ghetto walls crashing down and how this integration ultimately stirred up ...
Simon Schama explores how eastern European Jewish culture made its mark across the world, from Soviet politics to Hollywood cinema.
Simon Schama examines how the Holocaust and the creation of Israel have changed what it means to be Jewish as he traces these historic events.
Simon Schama looks at the Jewish population of Paris at a time of resurgent French nationalism.
Simon Schama explains the background to Zionism and the Balfour Agreement.
Simon Schama discusses the hostile Das Judenthum in der Musik by Wagner.
In Medieval Cairo and much of the Mediterranean, Jews lived and flourished under Muslim rule despite many restrictions.
Simon Schama discusses the role that King Faisal of Iraq played in Jewish people settling in Palestine.
Simon Schama visits the Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem where Jewish and Arab students are educated together.
Simon Schama discusses the origins, beliefs and practices of Hasidic Judaism.
Simon Schama investigates the forced expansion of Israel in the West Bank.
Simon Schama describes Jewish weddings in Eastern European shtetl.
Simon Schama investigates Jewish African American music.
A look at how Jewish culture changed through the influence of Hellenic culture but eventually remained intact.
Simon Schama visits a Kibbutz that he worked on and explains the Socialist Zionist background to the movement.
The Jewish community at Sepphoris wrote the Mishna, converting oral tradition into law.
Simon Schama investigates the forced removal of Arab Palestinians from their land, in the expansion of Israel.
Simon Schama explains the importance of the Sefer Torah to Jewish worship.
Simon Schama discusses the UN decision to create a Palestine Israel Partition in 1947.
The festival of Passover is one of the most important celebrations in the Jewish calendar.
Remembering the horrors of the Holocaust.
Simon Schama investigates photographs depicting Shtetl life.
The teachings of St Paul have had consequences for Jews as well as Christians.
In Medieval Europe, new orders of monks were created to debate and try to convert the Jews.
In 1263, the Catholic Church organised a show trial against the Jews in Barcelona.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the oldest Jewish books, found on the site of an ancient library.
In Judaism, there is only one God with no face or form but many names.
The Torah has a central role in Jewish worship.
Simon Schama visits the worlds first Ghetto in Venice and discusses the history of the word Ghetto.
Simon Schama discusses Theodor Herzl and the history of Zionism.
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