Browse through these striking photographs to travel behind the scenes of The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama . Click an image below to begin the slideshow.
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Damascaus Gate, Jerusalem
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Iraq-el Amir, Jordan
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Simon Schama at Iraq-el Amir, Jordan
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Simon Schama in Rome
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Sigmund Freud's spectacles on his desk at the Freud Museum, London
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Simon Schama hosts a seder or Passover meal
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: In the Beginning
Simon Schama at Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Simon Schama at Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo, Egypt
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo, Egypt Menorah (seven-branched candle holder) in foreground
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Córdoba, Spain
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Gerona, Spain
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Lincoln Cathedral, United Kingdom
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
Simon Schama at Sepphoris Synagogue, Tzippori, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Among Believers
The Coruna Bible, the Shema Prayer
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Simon Schama at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, Germany
Credit: Ariel Grandoli, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Gold inscribed cobblestones, Berlin, Germany
Credit: Ariel Grandoli, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Courtyard of Musee Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
Credit: Julia Mair, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Exterior of Musee Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
Credit: Julia Mair, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Exterior of Musee Nissim de Camondo, Paris
Credit: Julia Mair, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Interior of Musee Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
Credit: Julia Mair, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Simon Schama at the Opera House, Paris, France
Credit: Jeremy Pollard, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: A Leap of Faith
Synagogue Rue Copernic, Paris, France
Credit: Julia Mair, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Odessa steps, Odessa, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Simon Schama at Bardejov, Slovakia
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Simon Schama at Bardejov, Slovakia
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Houses at Bershad, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Portrait pictures of the deceased at Bershad, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Hasidic Jews, Uman, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Tombstones in the cemetery, Satanov, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Tombstones in the cemetery, Satanov, Ukraine
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Old torah, sacred document of Judaism
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Simon Schama with letter boxes, Eastern Europe
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Over the Rainbow
Simon Schama at an old Synagogue, Košice, Slovakia
Credit: Hugo Macgregor, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Simon Scahama at Atlit detention camp, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Grafitti at Atlit detention camp, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Grafitti at Atlit detention camp, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Barracks at Atlit detention camp, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Atlit detention camp, Israel – seen through barbed wire
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Aviva, a Beta Israel interviewee from Ethiopia
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Simon Schama with Aviva, a Beta Israel interviewee from Ethiopia
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
House at Bet Ha'Emek, Israel
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
Story of the Jews with Simon Schama: Return
Broken memorials at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Credit: Tim Kirby, ©Oxford Film & Television 2012
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