Pillar of Fire (1986)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Politics & Government, Religions & Belief Systems, Social History, World History  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - Israel  |  
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Synopsis

Austrian journalist Theodor Herzl founds the Zionist movement when he becomes convinced that anti-Semitism has made Europe unsafe for Jews. Also: the 1917 Balfour Declaration; the beginnings of an Arab-Palestinian backlash. Narrator: Ian McKellen.

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Israel, archival-footage, Judaism, struggle