The Longest Exile โ 3,000 Years of Jewish History and Why It Matters for Understanding Israel
A first-principles, millennia-spanning history of the Jewish people โ from ancient kingdoms in Canaan, to the destruction of their temples, to 2,000 years of wandering and persecution across Europe and the Middle East. This is the backstory you need before you can understand why a group of 19th-century Europeans decided they needed to build a country from scratch.
Jewish history
Ancient Israel
Jewish diaspora
antisemitism
Temple destruction
European Jewish persecution
pogroms
Dreyfus Affair