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A selection of chapters highlighting moment's in our Peoples' past.
H1: Hollywood Jews - Why are there so many Jews in Hollywood? How did it get this way and what has the film business got to do with being Jewish? (1:8)
H2: Jewish Gangsters - They had names like Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel and Charlie 'King' Solomon. They had two things in common. They were all gangsters and they were all Jews. (4:11)
H3: Past Olympics - One billion people watched the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Is competitive sport really as global and noble as it appears? How have Jews fared in all this? (2:1)
H4: Sporty Jews - We often laugh and joke that Jews are useless at sport. We even stereotype ourselves as lawyers, doctors and accountants, but never as footballers, swimmers or athletes. But how true is this? (4:7)
H5: Nazi Gold - In December 1997 the British Foreign Office held an international conference on Nazi Gold. Government officials, researchers and historians put their knowledge together to discuss the origins and disposal of gold and other assets looted by the Nazis during World War II. (4:5)
H6: War Criminals - Is Britain a haven for Nazi war criminals? How can justice be achieved fifty years after the Holocaust? (2:11)
H7: After Auschwitz - How can we respond to the Holocaust? After six million Jews were killed, what is Judaism? (3:3)
H8: Jewish Resistance - 'It is no great art to live when life is given to you willingly! But there is an art to life just when they are trying to rob you of this life. Let the people awaken and fight for its life!' (4:9)
H9: The Holocaust - More than fifty years after the Holocaust we are still reeling from its terrible impact. How can we learn anything from this horrific episode in our history? (1:6)
H10: Anti-Semitism - In the 1990s Britain is a multi-cultural society. People of all races and religions now live happily here and play an important part in our society. Sadly this has not always been the case. (4:2)
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