HERITAGE: Civilization and the jews - PBS

Conservative, and Reconstructionist). (The Golden Land, Mass Immigration, “Into the
Mainstream, 1919-1930”)
Vilna Jewish Partisan Song Hear a rare postwar recording of Shmerl
Kaczerginsky, a Holocaust survivor, singing “Jews — Partisans,” a song he composed
as an anti-Nazi resistance fighter in the forests of Lithuania. (Out of the
Ashes, Fighting Back, “Ghetto Fighters, 1942-1945”)
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement Listen to an excerpt from a speech by Rabbi
Joachim Prinz at the historic 1963 civil rights march on Washington. (Into the Future,
American Jewry, “At Home in America, 1941-1997”)
Felafel is the Same in Any Language Explore current events by watching an
excerpt from an Israeli-Palestinian co-production of “Sesame Street.” (Into the
Future, 1990s, “Arab-Israeli Conflict”)
Historical Documents
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Multimedia presentations can be accessed in three different ways:
• From the video screen by clicking EXPLORE TOPIC.
All video sub-chapters have corresponding topic overview
screens, many of which are the gateways to special multime
dia presentations. Click the PLAY half of the oval button for
presentations that take video material into a new direction, or
click one of the rectangular presentation buttons on this
screen for presentations on more peripherally related topics.
• From the index search screen by looking for results under the
multimedia presentation tab in the index, and then searching
for specific topics, regions, or time periods. Clicking on a
multimedia title in the search result list will bring you to the
topic overview screen from which it can be accessed.
• From the timeline screen by clicking on any multimedia
presentation button. This will bring you to the topic overview
screen from which the presentation can be accessed.
A special feature of the Heritage: Civilization and the Jews DVD-
ROM permits you to view captions for most on-screen images.
To activate this feature while looking at a multimedia presentation,
press the pause button during narrated presentation or click
caption under still images
The Heritage: Civilization and the Jews DVD-ROM includes a set of
excerpts from almost 700 primary source documents. Each excerpt is
prefaced by a scholarly introduction and further explained by selected
annotations, and most excerpts can be printed.
Types of documents include:
• Eyewitness accounts of key moments in Jewish history
• Examples of Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Yiddish poetry in
translation
• Letters, diaries, and memoirs chronicling everyday life through
the ages
• Passages from important Jewish texts, such as the Bible and Talmud
• Tombstone inscriptions, revolutionary handbills, and bills of sale
• Newspaper reports on important events in world and Jewish history
• Passages from seminal philosophical and political tracts
• Laws, decrees, and other official documents that have affected
the course of Jewish history
Like the multimedia presentations, the historical documents are linked
to the topics covered in the video. They can be accessed in three ways:
• From the video screen by clicking EXPLORE TOPIC. All video
sub-chapters have corresponding topic overview screens that
are gateways to sets of relevant historical documents. Click the
HISTORICAL DOCUMENT button, then select the document you
want to view from the menu.
• From the index search screen by searching for specific topics,
regions, or time periods and the HISTORICAL DOCUMENT icon.
• From the timeline screen by clicking on any historical document
button.
Most historical documents contain areas of “hot” text. When these
underlined words or passages are clicked, explanatory annotations
appear in a panel to the left of the document.
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