3: People of the Book

Israel Story

Three stories revolving around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny.

Are Jews still “the people of the book”? Are Israelis? What does that even mean today? In the third episode of Israel Story, we’ve got three stories that all revolve around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny—from a Yiddish book collector based in the Tel Aviv central bus station to a lonely college student to bibliophiles in search of the lost fragments of the Aleppo Codex.

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2014-10-27 60 min

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