The Story of the Jews

Name: The Story of the Jews
Released: 2013
Rating: 63.47
Cast: Simon Schama, Norman Lebrecht

2013

Documentary, History

TV Mini-Series

A historical documentary tracing the Jewish experience from ancient to modern times, presented by Simon Schama and based on his book of the same name. (imdb)

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The Story of the Jews

2013

Documentary, History

TV Mini-Series

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djross

20 Aug 2025

As the son of a Jew who was both godless and without much interest in history, I learned things. But really, there are not nearly enough episodes to do anything like justice to a very long and eventful history, and the degree to which Schama allows himself to monologue, while he does sometimes tell stories in a well-chosen and affecting way, comes at a cost, particularly in the last episode on modern Israel, where he talks about Israelis as scurrying about underneath walls and lacking courage.

20 Aug 2025

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