TJS S7E2 Eli Cohen: the man who carried exile home

A Jew from Alexandria who became Kamel Amin Thaabet, a Syrian patriot so trusted he toured the Golan fortifications with the generals. This is the story of Eli Cohen, the man who brought exile home.

In this series from The Jewish Story, we follow Eli Cohen's heroic journey from the contradiction of exile in Egypt, through the Mossad's training, to the heart of Syria's ruling circle, and finally to the scaffold in Marjah Square. Along the way we ask the questions every Jewish hero must answer: What is good? Whom do you serve? What does mesirut nefesh, going beyond the limits of self for creation's good, really cost? And can one person change history?