Product: Heritage - Civilization and the Jews (1984)
Rating: 5.0
A Heritage for Everyone
There can be no debate: this is one of TV's best cultural contributions ever. Despite a few production values which are a bit dated even in this restored dvd, it's entertaining and visually rich. The content is true to the title, and this IS the history of the Jewish people, but Heritage is also very much about all of western civilization. Abba Eban is the perfect narrator,and also part of the Jewish history on which he expounds. It's not apparent from his scripted role, but the late Dr. Eban was an extraordinarily articulate scholar turned politician. I remember him as Israel's ambassador to the UN, and his ability to speak extemporaneously, clearly, and persuasively stood out in the 60s, and would still today.