Heritage, Civilization and the Jews

In 1984, television history was made with the public television broadcast of Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. The nine-hour documentary series, hosted by distinguished statesman Abba Eban, traced the history of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present, telling their story as part of the broader history of western civilization. Five years in the making, filmed on four continents, the winner of a Peabody and three Emmy Awards, Heritage… is a landmark television portrait of the Jewish experience, unparalleled in scope and depth. Now, nearly two decades after its premiere, this monumental series has been updated to include watershed events of modern Jewish history.

The program airs in its entirety on Sunday, May 12, beginning at 1 pm.