Classroom Resources

In this video from the PBS series The Story of the Jews, host Simon Schama travels to the Valley of Elah to visit the ... View on PBS Learning Media

Visit Qumran, the site near the Dead Sea where the collection of ancient documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls was found, and learn... View on PBS Learning Media

In this video from the PBS series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama explores the singular medieval phenomenon known as the Cairo Genizah... View on PBS Learning Media

In this video from The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama explains the origins of the word "ghetto," the name of the walled district established in 1516 to house the Jewish population of Venice. View on PBS Learning Media

In this video from The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama takes us to Berlin, Germany, where the young Talmudic scholar Moses Mendelssohn arrived... View on PBS Learning Media

In this video from the PBS series The Story of the Jews, Felix Mendelssohn’s emergence as a major composer is placed in the... View on PBS Learning Media

This video from the PBS series The Story of the Jews examines how, in the middle of the eighteenth century, Chasidism offered an antidote to despair for beleaguered Jewish communities... View on PBS Learning Media

This video segment from The Story of the Jews explores the Great Depression, focusing on the song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" The song was written... View on PBS Learning Media

This video from The Story of the Jews describes the people and negotiations behind the Balfour Declaration, which supported the creation of... View on PBS Learning Media

This video from the PBS series The Story of the Jews explores the factors that led to the creation of the independent state of... View on PBS Learning Media