When the Jewish people were exiled following the destruction of the First Temple, they seemed set to disappear from history. Instead, they survived and even thrived. What mysterious power held the Jewish people together and how did they retain their faith, tradition and identity in Babylonia - far from the Land of Israel?

The Jewish Story Explained is based on the book "Letters to Auntie Fori: 5,000 Years of Jewish History and their Faith" by Martin Gilbert

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:20 Torah as portable Jewish history and language and national and religious identity
02:16 The Ten Lost Tribes assimilated througohut the world
03:06 The Babylonian Exile of Judah, Benjamin, and Levites
03:25 Maintaining Jewish identity and culture in Exile
04:26 Jewish presence in the Persian Empire
04:45 Cyrus the Great allows Jews to return to the Land of Israel
05:17 Xerxes/Achashverosh and the story of Esther/Purim
10:30 Cycle of oppression and salvation throughout Jewish history
11:27 Outro

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Co-Executive Producers:
- Shmuel Katz
- Melinda Goldrich

Gold Level:
- Irving I Moskowitz Foundation
- Goldrich Family Foundation

This series would not be possible without the generous support of Esther Gilbert and Michael Kagan
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Image Credits:
- Wikimedia: John Hill, Hmundol, Arian Zwegers
- Flickr: Ajay Tallam, Matt Ming

About Jewish Story Explained: Understand three thousand years of Jewish history in these short videos based on the book Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith by the renowned historian Sir Martin Gilbert. Learn the Jewish story from the ancient Israelites of the Bible to Hellenization, the Jews of the Middle Ages to modern day, and more.

About Unpacked: We provide nuanced insights by unpacking all things Jewish. People are complex and complicated — yet we’re constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. At Unpacked we know that being complex makes us more interesting. Because of this, we break the world down with nuance and insight to drive your curiosity and challenge your thinking.

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