A playlist from The Jewish Story
Britain and the Mandate
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The Anglo-Zionist Alliance
September 26, 2018 · 55 min · Episode page →
World War One brought massive destruction and great change. When the smoke cleared from this great conflagration, the British Empire was left in control of the land of...
About this playlist
Britain and the Jewish story: the Balfour Declaration, the Mandate, the revolt that ended it, and Suez.
Where this sits in the story
2 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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