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Simon Schama: The Story of the Jews

02/25/2013
58 min
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Simon Schama presents a special preview of the book and documentary, The Story of the Jews, at Jewish Book Week. It describes an intellectual territory reaching from the Hebrews’ invention of a single God to Jewish responsibility for killing the saviour, to currents of dispossession, destruction and diaspora. The account takes in the birth of modernism and the horrors of the 20th century.

An event from 2013 Jewish Book Week

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Simon Schama

Sir Simon Schama’s award-winning books include A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He has written and presented over 50 films for the BBC on subjects as diverse as Tolstoy and American politics, and he co-presented the landmark series on the history of world art, Civilisations. Image © Charlie Bibby

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Simon Schama: The Story of the Jews

02/25/2013
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58 min

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Simon Schama

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Sir Simon Schama’s award-winning books include A History of Britain and The Story of the Jews. He has written and presented over 50 films...