Previews & samples of the educators guide

Faith & Fate The Dawn of the Century 1900-1910

Movie chapters

  • Chapters
    Clip length
  • 1
    Introduction to the century
    1:35
  • 2
    The big picture
    Who are we?
    Where are we?
    2:18
  • 3
    European & ottoman empires
    The philosophy of America
    2:21
  • 4
    The Russian / Japanese war
    The people revolt (1905)
    2:30
  • 5
    The scapegoat – the jews
    The pogroms
    2:26
  • 6
    Jewish emigration from Russia
    The search for a better life
    3:13
  • 7
    Russian oppresion
    Searching for solutions
    3:32
  • 8
    The enlightenment
    The haskala
    1:46
  • 9
    What is a jew?
    The challenge of being jewish
    1:55
  • 10
    Jewish life – alive and well in Europe
    The mussar movement
    2:29
  • 11
    The drive for a better life
    The new jews
    2:44
  • 12
    Zionism
    Theodore herzl
    Western european opposition
    5:02
  • 13
    Conflicts over zionism
    The old yishuv
    The new yishuv
    5:10
  • 14
    The sefardim
    Winds of change
    4:47
  • 15
    Working class struggle
    The bund
    4:26
  • 16
    The challenges of America –
    The melting pot
    Making judaism relevant
    5:39
  • 17
    Sefardim meet the ashkenazim
    1:35
  • 18
    Success of earlier immigrants
    Problems facing new immigrants
    2:03
  • 19
    Ideological differences in America
    New & traditional definitions of judaism
    9:20
  • 20
    Review of the decade
    2:28