The Story Of The Jews

The Story Of The Jews is a TV show on American national television from PBS with an average rating of 3.0 stars by WatchTVOnDemand.com's visitors. We have 5 episodes of The Story Of The Jews in our archive. The first episode of The Story Of The Jews was broadcast in April, 2014. Did you miss an episode of The Story Of The Jews but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add The Story Of The Jews to your favorites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. Completely free: handy!

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:5
Last broadcast:04/01/2014 at 10:19AM

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April 2014

A Leap of Faith

04/01/2014 3.0 85 x

Simon Schama explores the bright, hopeful moment when Enlightenment thinkers and revolutionary armies brought ghetto walls crashing down — allowing Jews to weave their wisdom, creativity and energies into the very fabric of modern life in Europe.

Over the Rainbow

04/01/2014 3.0 70 x

Simon Schama plunges viewers into the lost world of the shtetl, the Jewish towns and villages sewn across the hinterlands of Eastern Europe, which became the seedbed of a uniquely Jewish culture. Shtetl culture would make its mark on the modern world, from the revolutionary politics of the Soviet Union to the mass culture ...

March 2014

In the Beginning

03/25/2014 3.0 68 x

Prize-winning author and Emmy-Award winner Simon Schama explores the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day. The story begins 3,000 years ago with the emergence of a tribal people in a contested land and their extraordinary book, the Hebrew Bible, a chronicle of their stormy relationship with a faceless, f...

Among Believers

03/25/2014 3.0 96 x

Simon Schama’s epic series continues with the story of medieval Jews struggling to preserve their identity — and sometimes their lives — under the rule of Christianity and Islam. Whether labeled “Christ-killers” by the Christians or “dhimmi” (non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic community) by the Muslims, diaspora Jews built ...

Promo

03/25/2014 3.0 49 x

Prize winning author and Emmy-Award winner Simon Schama brings to life Jewish history and experience in a new five-part documentary series The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama premiering Tuesdays March 25th 8-10 p.m. ET (episodes 1 and 2) and April 1st, 8-11 p.m. ET (episodes 3, 4 and 5) on PBS (check local listings).