The Temple Mount or al-Haram al-Sherif, holy to both Jews and Muslims. According to the Bible, the Jewish Temples stood on the Temple Mount. According to Jewish tradition and scripture, the First Temple was built by King Solomon the son...

The Western Wall is one of the most iconic religious sites in the world. Tens of thousands of Jews travel there to pray. But what is the Western Wall?

Dan interviews Ruth Becker, a Jewish refugee in France during the Second World War. This episode is part of a series of films revealing the experiences of children during the Holocaust.

Mr. Beat explains the history of the Rothschild dynasty and the origins of the conspiracy theories based on the beliefs that the Rothschilds control the world.

Learn about the difference between the Bible and the Quran, and how interpretations are very important?<br/>
Tom Holland on the Birth of Islam, Part 4

This time we will take you back to middle ages. It's 13th century - what did medieval armor look like?

Israel is at the heart of one of the most controversial conflicts in the world today. In part 1 of this two-part video, we look at the origins of the state of Israel, the ideas behind it, and the origins of their conflict with the...

In 1909, after returning from a stay in America, Sholem Aleichem released the penultimate chapter of the Tevye narrative: “Tevye Leaves for the Land of Israel.” This story tells the tale of Beilke, Tevye’s youngest daughter, and upends...

Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale in 2013, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has also been a Professor at the...

In this episode we examine the topic: What is Yom Kippur?

Listen to Tom Holland's thoughts on humanism and science.<br/>
How Christianity Shapes Our Morality, Part 5

As an American one thing that comes across as exotic about Poland, is the fact that the country is made up of its own people. Unless you’ve grown up in a homogeneous society like that, its difficult to imagine.



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In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Muscular Jews

A strange child-eating statue stands in the center of the scenic Alpine city of Bern, Switzerland. Set between quaint sandstone buildings and the picturesque River Aare, the man in the statue stuffs a child into his gaping maw. He’s...

Hadrian (76-138 AD) was the fourteenth Emperor of Rome. Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus into a Hispano-Roman family. Although Italica near Santiponce (in modern-day Spain) is often considered his birthplace, his actual place of...

My first view of Majdanek was brutal, the former German Nazi concentration camp is literally situated in the middle of Lublin, a large city in the east of Poland. Surrounded by hundreds of buildings, and thousands of windows, I could...

I have always wondered what realities Jewish people face in modern Poland. On one hand the media makes the country out to be anti semitic, when in reality I have met very few Poles who I feel would take issue with another person for...

In June 2019, reports of immigrant children detained in cages on the US-Mexico border stunned America. Meet the extraordinary, Jewish people working in peaceful protest to demand change from the ICE.

Sam's Triumph part 1/4: The video is a transcript of an interview with a survivor of the Holocaust, who shares his experiences of living through the trauma of the war and losing his family members to the violence of the German occupying...

How revolutionary was Christianity in its early form? How Christianity Shapes Our Morality, Part 2

Why are we still debating what happened 1400 years ago? How did Islam come to life?<br/>
Tom Holland on the Birth of Islam, Part 1

Set in modern day Berlin, a Jewish man who survived Nazi Germany describes his extraordinary personal experiences in the second world war. This lesson starter is ideal for use as an oral history resource at KS3. Born to a Jewish father...

Modern Hebrew is one of the two official languages of Israel. But for 1,700 years it wasn't spoken. This radio story describes how new words are added to the Hebrew language today. It also explores the history of Hebrew, its decline over...

The Jiuzhaigou valley is part of the Min Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau and stretches over 72,000 hectares . It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls, colorful lakes, and snow-capped peaks. Its elevation ranges from...