Historian begins mini-series "The Story of the Jews"

Locally this mini-series will begin on Tuesday March 25 with the 2-hour series opening episode titled In the Beginning Historian Simon Schama's five-part history of the Jewish people opens 3000 years ago with the emergence of a tribal people in a contested land and their book, the Hebrew Bible. “What ties us together is a story, the story kept in our heads and hearts. . . . We are our story.”—Simon Schama in The Story of the Jews -- companion book-volume. The Story of the Jews explores the 3,000 year history of the Jewish people and their impact on civilization. In the introduction to the series, host Simon Schama shares his belief that the key to the endurance of the Jewish people over three millennia has been the telling of a story, the story of the Jews. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/story-jews/