Extended Footage: Levana’s Journey

In this outtake from The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama speaks with Levana Zamir, President of the International Association of Jews from Egypt, about her family’s journey from Egypt to Israel.

“We were not Zionist. My parents were not Zionist at all… They came only for us, for our future, to be with Jews like us. It was their hope for a better future for us. For them, it wasn’t good. For them, if we were staying in France he, my father, would work and they could begin another new life, perhaps not like in Egypt but almost. Here, we came and we went to another refugee camp, the marbara. You know what the marbara is? The marbara is a refugee camp.”