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Schama (art history & history, Columbia Univ.; The American Future: A History) presented a five-part BBC series of the same title last year, with this book published in the UK to be "organically interconnected" with the series. It is the first of a projected two volumes. (PBS will air the series beginning in late March.) Schama turns his attention to a topic that resonates with his own heritage, at once celebrating a rich and distinct religious history while also embracing the idea that Jews often lived side by side with other cultures and were to some...Log In or Sign Up to Read More