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 and in the United States on PBS in March and April 2014. It is based on Schama's book of the same title, which is in two volumes. The first volume was published in September 2013.
Simon Schama begins his exploration of the Jewish story at the start, 3,000 years ago.
第 2 集 Among Believers
播出时间:2013年9月9日
Simon takes a look at the story of the medieval Jews difficulties to preserve their identity and their lives living under the rule of Christianity and Islam.
第 3 集 A Leap of Faith
播出时间:2013年9月16日
Simon takes a look at a moment bright with hope after Enlightenment thinkers and Revolutionary armies brought walls crashing down allowing Jews to weave their wisdom into life of modern Europe.
第 4 集 Over the Rainbow
播出时间:2013年9月23日
Simon takes a look at the lost world of the shtetl, the Jewish towns and villages dotted across the hinterlands of Eastern Europe, which became a unique Jewish culture.
第 5 集 Return
播出时间:2013年9月30日
Simon Schama takes a look at how the Holocaust and the creation of Israel have changed what it means to be Jewish in modern times.