The Story of the Jews — S01E03 — A Leap of Faith

00:00:00 ANNOUNCER: Coming up, the 19th Century brings

00:03:07 temples of learning.

00:05:43 his first name weighty with historical significance,

00:08:00 bringing his own kosher food.

00:10:25 All of you out there will know this, won't you,

00:12:39 In other words, to convert to Christianity...

00:14:23 So a sense, actually,

00:17:01 Mendelssohn was writing music

00:18:35 at the "Violin Concerto in E Minor"

00:20:42 in her regal presence,

00:23:05 but while he Italianized at one end,

00:25:30 Could not get enough of Giacomo Meyerbeer.

00:28:03 Wagner could not possibly have been more obsequious.

00:30:34 now had 36,000 Jewish citizens.

00:33:08 not a cloud on the horizon— Not yet, anyway...

00:35:42 The war was followed by a global stock market crash,

00:38:06 They can look as if they are ultra-modern,

00:40:04 His family had been peddlers in rural Alsace.

00:42:36 was broken over the knee of the officer.

00:44:56 As a boy, young Theodor Herzl had been taught to believe

00:47:06 Now, Zionism has become a heavily loaded term...

00:49:31 Kandinsky hastened to assure Schoenberg he didn't mean him.

00:51:49 he stood there absolutely committed to this identity.

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