The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words. 1000BCE-1492CE - Simon Schama honey dish "What is a miracle

"What is a miracle

But while many things in America are different from the world of her shtetl

The two Jews to whom the book is dedicated

but neither is capable of bearing the moral weight of showing us how to live

and the light that Rothko’s life sheds on both these tumultuous eras

The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words. 1000BCE-1492CE - Simon Schama honey dish "What is a miracleA landmark history of a culture, of a people and of a world by one of our most distinguished and electrifying historians. It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds It spans the millennia and the continents from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a