Spire cathedral the citys main landmark 1000 years old and in this whole World Heritage site. Christianity has sent great monuments in the city but judaism has also left its mark here in the middle ages bio was one of the most important jewish settlements in Central Europe along with mines and warms the 3 cities were even called jerusalem on the rhine. Spire warms and minds are considered the cradle of european judaism jewish life has shaped these 3 cities for more than 900 years and i want to know what remains of it so todays show is not just the city trip but also a journey through jewish history. In our email we also jet over the ski slopes in. We take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. And take a closer look at mine. The old town. In these 2 streets in you can go sit and plan that far from gaza a jewish resume eventually area was created 1000 years ago because jews were only allowed to settle here the houses were built particularly narrow and high in order to offer as much
Main landmark 1000 years old and in this whole World Heritage site. Christianity has sent great monuments in the city but judaism has also left its mark here in the middle ages was one of the most important jewish settlements in Central Europe along with mines and warms the 3 cities were even called jerusalem on the rhine. Spire warms and minds are considered the cradle of european judaism jewish life has shaped these 3 cities for more than 900 years and i want to know what remains of it so todays show is not just the city trip but also a journey through jewish history. In our email we also jet over the ski slopes in. We take a tour of the port city of haifa in israel. And take a closer look at mine. The old town off. In these 2 streets in you can go and claim that come from gaza a jewish reserve venture area was created 1000 years ago because jews were only allowed to settle here the houses were built particularly narrow and high in order to offer as much space as possible. The speed
Every weekend. The cspans city tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. This weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will feature the citys local authors including John Phillips santos on culture and hometown. In about 15 minutes we will visit the special collections at the university of texas in san antonio. And later in about 40 minutes, the debates surrounding confederate statutes and memorialization. We begin our special feature with lewis fisher on his book saving san antonio. We are standing near the Geographical Center of san antonio, texas. We are in front of whats called the Spanish Governors Palace in a town that was actually set up here due to the conflicts between two european empires, france and spain in the 18th century. Spain had, of course, established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico and northern mexico was especially important to spain because rich silver min
Many years, jim downs, and we put together a series. We had a panel called history and headlines, we got historians to talk about how we wanted to make sure that we were plugged into these larger issues. We put out a book a year on a topic thats a burning issue, certainly the confederate statues and memorialization when we put it together. A roundtable of scholars in 2017, published in 2019, wanted to really address something that would be contemporary and fresh. We discuss silent sam, the statue on the university of north carolina. The protest against it wanted to pull it down. The board of overseers taking a position against removing it and more protests to follow and then eventually the sale of it is a really interesting issue. Money being donated for the her mobile. This end of happened at vanderbilt as well. You had a confederate memorial hall. Iony paid for the erect of the hall. When it was determined by the university to move it really the century later he paid you name the peo
Peep peoples feelings about the confederate war. I think students in the classroom and general readers want to know how people feel about these issues. So i got interested with a colleague i worked with for many years, jim downs, and we put together a series. We had a panel called history in the headlines, and we got historians to talk about how we wanted to make sure we were plugged in to these larger issues. We put out a topic that is a burning issue. Certainly the confederate statues and memorialization, when we put it together a roundtable of scholars in 2017, published in 2019. We wanted to really address something that could be contemporary and fresh. We discussed silent sam, the statue on the university of north carolina, the protests against it, wanting to pull it down. The board of overseers taking a stand against removing it. More protests to follow and then eventually the sale of it is a really interesting issue, money being donated for the removal. This, i know, happened at