Israel/judaism
The Mystery of the Jews
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
The Mystery of the Jews
There is a striking point that runs through Jewish history as a whole. Western civilization was born in the Middle East, and the Jews were at its crossroads. In the heyday of Rome, the Jews were close to the Empire’s center. When power shifted eastward, the Jewish center was in Babylon; when it skipped to Spain, there again were the J
There is a striking point that runs through Jewish history as a whole. Western civilization was born in the Middle East, and the Jews were at its crossroads. In the heyday of Rome, the Jews were close to the Empire’s center. When power shifted eastward, the Jewish center was in Babylon; when it skipped to Spain, there again were the Jews. When in the Middle Ages the center of civilization moved into Central Europe, the Jews were waiting for it in Germany and Poland. The rise of the United States to the leading world power found Judaism focused there. And now, today, when the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward the Old World and the East rises to renewed importance, there again are the Jews in Israel…
- Professor Huston Smith
The Story of the Jews
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
The Mystery of the Jews
Simon Schama presents an epic five-part series exploring the extraordinary story of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on original scholarship and Schama's own family history, this is a story that is at once deeply historical and utterly contemporary, taking viewers on a journey from the Biblical past to tomorrow's front pages.
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
Spanning millennia, this history of the Jewish people explores how a small group who started as desert nomads overcame countless obstacles to survive to the
present day.
Jerusalem: Center of the World
Jerusalem: Center of the World
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
Jerusalem: Center of the World tells the epic story of the world’s most incredible city, capturing the rich mosaic of the city’s Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in a sweeping history of
over 4,000 years.
Beginnings of Judaism
Jerusalem: Center of the World
The World of Biblical Israel
Discover how Judaism developed from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today.
The World of Biblical Israel
Jerusalem: Center of the World
The World of Biblical Israel
Get a better understanding of the peoples and events described in The Old Testament with this interesting and helpful course taught by a professor of biblical studies.
The History and Archaeology of the Bible
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
The History and Archaeology of the Bible
Delve into the iconic stories of the Bible through the eyes of historians and archaeologists, and discover how their findings bring fascinating and revealing perspectives to the world-shaping texts of scripture.
The Holy Land Revealed
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
The History and Archaeology of the Bible
Visit the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity in this comprehensive tour, taught by an archaeologist, that will take you deep beneath the pages of the Bible.
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
Observe the time-honored intellectual tradition through which Judaism analyzes, rethinks, and reformulates itself.
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy.
Scientific Proof of God
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Scientific Proof of God
Dr. Gerald Schroeder delivers a powerful scientific case proving that God's existence is real.
The Times of Israel
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Scientific Proof of God
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper. Israel has been under martial law since 1948. There has been no peace in Jerusalem since.