Simon Schama discusses his epic project of the past five years, the writing of a new Jewish history.
The most personal of all his historical projects, taking him from forts on the Nile to the Lithuanian woods, it has led him not only to formidable challenges but to unexpected illuminations and the strong sense that the story, intense with joyous creativity as well as burdened with tragedy, belongs not just to Jews but to everyone.
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