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The Story of the Jews
Clip: 3/20/2014 | 5m 5s
Simon Schama takes viewers through 3,000 years of history in his new PBS series.
In a 5-part series beginning on PBS stations next week, noted historian Simon Schama explores 3,000 years of Jewish history. What sustained Jews through anti-Semitism and persecution? In the TV series and in a companion book also entitled “The Story of the Jews” Schama says, “The problem of the Jews was that they were a nation without a home.”
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
The Story of the Jews
Clip: 3/20/2014 | 5m 5s
In a 5-part series beginning on PBS stations next week, noted historian Simon Schama explores 3,000 years of Jewish history. What sustained Jews through anti-Semitism and persecution? In the TV series and in a companion book also entitled “The Story of the Jews” Schama says, “The problem of the Jews was that they were a nation without a home.”
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