Product Description This five-part documentary explores 4,000 years of Jewish history, starting with the origins of the Jewish people in the Middle East right through to present day Judaism. The series researches the roots of the Jewish people, seeking clues about Judaism at the archaeological excavation sites, the centers of culture and in the written evidence of the Jewish Diaspora. "The purpose of the documentary is to give the public deeper insight, beyond the Holocaust and Israeli politics, into the Jewish people", Nina Koshofer, director of the documentary, said. "We wanted to enlighten people on the historical development of Jews and their faith. We chose people with whom the public could identify." Koshofer has focused most of her attention on known personalities. "We also want to show the diversity of the Jewish people the rich and the poor, the famous and unknowns... We also wanted to try and answer the question that perhaps never really can be answered who is Jewish and what is Jewish ...." Koshofer added. Koshofer is aiming to show that the answers to many questions are as varied as the number of Jews who live in the world today. "One cannot portray Jews as one idea or ideal." PART ONE: Exodus 1. Introduction 2. The Book of Exodus 3. The Ten Commandments 4. The Promised Land 5. The Shrine in Shiloh 6. King David 7. The City of David 8. Religious Customs 9. The Gihon Tunnel 10. Exiles in Babylon 11. The Torah 12. Influence of Greek Culture 13. Judas Maccabeus and Chanukah 14. King Herod the Great PART TWO: Diaspora 1. Introduction 2. The Crucifixion of Jesus 3. Yochanan ben Zakkai 4. Destruction of the Temple Mount 5. Early Synagogues 6. Masada 7. Rabbi Judah Hanasi and Bet Shearim 8. The Mishnah 9. The Babylonian Talmud 10. The Islamic Empire 11. Jewish Community in Baghdad 12. Maimonides and Sephardic Jews 13. Moroccan Jews 14. Maimonides in Egypt PART THREE: Stigma 1. Introduction 2. King Charlemagne 3. The Ashkenazi Jews 4. Jewish Religion and Women 5. The First Crusade 6. The Jewish Quarter In Cologne 7. Thomas of Monmouth and St. William 8. Hatred and Suspicion 9. Identifying Symbols and Clothing 10. The Black Death 11. The Iberian Peninsula 12. Jews Convert to Christianity 13. The Spanish Inquisition PART FOUR: The Star of David 1. Introduction 2. Dona Gracia Mendes 3. The Ghetto of Venice 4. Jews Living in Secret 5. Martin Luther 6. Gracia Mendes in Constantinople 7. The Jewish Quarter in Krakow 8. The Kazimierz Community 9. The Star of David 10. The Golem 11. The Chmielnicki Revolt 12. The Jewish Community in Amsterdam 13. The Sephardic Jews 14. Jewish Wedding Ceremony PART FIVE: Zion 1. Introduction 2. Moses Mendelsshon 3. The Czernowitz Jews 4. Mary Antin 5. Shtetls of the Ukraine 6. Hasidism 7. Immigrants in America 8. Jewish Community of New York City 9. Theodor Herzl and the Zionists 10. German Jews 11. World War I and Anti-Semitism 12. The National Socialist Movement 13. The Yad Vashem Memorial