Israel & Palestine: When Judea Burned (Part 1)

Jerusalem, August 70 CE. The Second Temple — the holiest site in the Jewish world, the place where God was believed to physically dwell — is burning. Roman soldiers under Titus are dismantling a civilization. Priests perform the final sacrifice as flames consume the ceiling above them. And in the destruction of this single building, two futures are set in motion: a longing for return that will survive twenty centuries and eventually create the modern state of Israel, and a vacancy on a land t...