PILLAR OF FIRE
Pillar of Fire is a mini-series documentary of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), named after the Pillar of Fire, the biblical phenomena which led the ancient Israelites to the Promised Land during their exodus from
Egypt. It presents the History and narrative of Zionism from the late 19th century until the establishment of the state of Israel in
1948.
Pillar of Fire focuses on the History of Zionism, beginning in 1896, in the wake of Theodor Herzl's revival of the concept of Jewish nationalism and continues to follow the Jewish People in the 20th century, the early stages of Zionism, followed by the waves of Aliyah prior to the founding of Israel, the Revival of the Hebrew language, the Ottoman Empire's rule in over the Land of Israel, the British Mandate, Anti-Semitism in Europe, the rise of Nazism and The Holocaust, the history of the Yishuv, the Jewish struggle for independence, and ends in 1948, with the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
The 420-minute documentary is available for purchase as a seven-DVD set on
a number of web sites. 53 minutes of the documentary,
covering the period 1945-1948, is available for viewing on-line via the
following links:
Pillar of Fire - Part 1 (10:34)
Pillar of Fire - Part 2 (10:35)
Pillar of Fire - Part 3 (10:35)
Pillar of Fire - Part 4 (10:34)
Pillar of Fire - Part 5 (10:46)
Trailer for Pillar of Fire (0:52)
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