The Search For Sepharad

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In Mobility There Is Blessing

20060430

'Broadcaster and film-maker DENNIS MARKS travels across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, Dennis discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium - and a culture that still influences our lives today.'

Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, he discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium, and a culture which still influences our lives today.

'Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, he discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium, and a culture which still influences our lives today.'

Exodus

20060507

Travelling via Portugal and Italy, Dennis charts the creation of a refuge under the protection of the former Ottoman Empire, where today Sephardic communities still cling tenaciously to their roots.

DENNIS MARKS travels across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.

2/4.

The journey takes Dennis, via Portugal and Italy, to the creation of a refuge under the protection of the former Ottoman Empire, where today Sephardic communities still cling tenaciously to their roots.

The Sublime Porte

20060514

In the Balkans, Sephardic Jews were afforded 500 years of relative stability and influence.

In Istanbul and Izmir, this tradition persists despite the recent terrorist outrages, while in Thessaloniki, devastated by the Nazis in 1943, new shoots survive in the remains of an ancient society.

04 LAST

Next Year In Jerusalem

20060521

'Ending his journey in Jerusalem, DENNIS MARKS reflects on the transformation of the world of the Sephardic Jews, following two World Wars and the Holocaust, into a melting pot of many civilisations drawn together from the four corners of the Earth.'

4/4. Next Year in Jerusalem

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	In Mobility There Is Blessing	20060430	'Broadcaster and film-maker DENNIS MARKS travels across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, Dennis discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium - and a culture that still influences our lives today.' Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, he discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium, and a culture which still influences our lives today. 'Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, he discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium, and a culture which still influences our lives today.'
02	Exodus	20060507	Travelling via Portugal and Italy, Dennis charts the creation of a refuge under the protection of the former Ottoman Empire, where today Sephardic communities still cling tenaciously to their roots. DENNIS MARKS travels across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. 2/4. The journey takes Dennis, via Portugal and Italy, to the creation of a refuge under the protection of the former Ottoman Empire, where today Sephardic communities still cling tenaciously to their roots.
03	The Sublime Porte	20060514	In the Balkans, Sephardic Jews were afforded 500 years of relative stability and influence. In Istanbul and Izmir, this tradition persists despite the recent terrorist outrages, while in Thessaloniki, devastated by the Nazis in 1943, new shoots survive in the remains of an ancient society.
04 LAST	Next Year In Jerusalem	20060521	'Ending his journey in Jerusalem, DENNIS MARKS reflects on the transformation of the world of the Sephardic Jews, following two World Wars and the Holocaust, into a melting pot of many civilisations drawn together from the four corners of the Earth.' 4/4. Next Year in Jerusalem