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9: The Miracle Of Survival - Pt 2 The People of the Book Come Home
The miracle of millions of people pulling up stakes in their homelands to come to a desert wasteland and
start their lives over is almost unimaginable. But such is the story of the exodus that repopulated the
reborn nation of Israel. Rabbi Israel Lau describes the sense of coming home, with his own story of
survival from the Holocaust. Russian Jews tell their story of escape from the tyranny of Communism and
others describe what it means to be in Israel, the land of their forefathers. The episode includes a tribute
to Hebrew language pioneer ELEAZOR BEN-YEHUDA, whose modern Hebrew dictionary formed the foundation for a
modern nation restoring the everyday language of its ancient forefathers.
10: A Place Of Miracles?
Michael takes his investigation to the streets of Israel and talks with people from all walks of life about
miracles in Israel. A visit with leading television news anchor Yaacov Elon sheds a contemporary insight on
the people of modern day Israel. Clarence Wagner takes Michael on a look back at the remarkable fulfillment
of ancient biblical prophecies in the land of Israel today, and chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel Lau takes us
on a unique view of Israel as a living land of the Bible.
11: Miracles: Echoes of the Bible
Myths or Miracles? Michael investigates two stories, beginning with one told by 90 year old Margalit Zinati,
her family’s presence in Pekiin since the fall of the second Temple, legendary. She claims her grandfather’s
account is true, when marauding Arab terrorists one night attempted to wipe out the Jewish community and instead
faced a group of strange beings wielding flaming swords, who scared them away, to the shock of the village rabbi
who witnessed the event. AVINOAM GRINBERG is but one of the villagers in Yavne whose parents recount an incident
in 1917, when the largest plague of locusts anyone had ever seen descended on their farms, threatening to destroy
their livelihood forever. But they awakened the next day to find their fields covered with thousands of storks,
so many the fields appeared covered in snow, at a time of the year when storks never come to Israel, devouring the
locusts and leaving the fields richer than any in the Galilee for years to come.
12: Miracle At Entebee
If there is a story that defies all the odds, it is the rescue of the passengers of Air France flight 139 from Arab
terrorists at the Entebee airport in 1976. Michael visits with former hostage SARAH DAVIDSON, whose family endured
the nightmare, and with veteran pilot CHICKI SHANI, who piloted the Hercules plane that brought a crack team of Israeli
soldiers to Entebee for a daring resue mission that had little hope of success. In a moment by moment recounting of
this nightmare turned miracle, Entebee is shown as a dramatic demonstrations of Israel’s commitment to its citizens in
their hour of need - wherever in the world they may be.
13: In Search Of A Miracle
On Michael’s last day in his investigative trip to Israel, he looks back on all the men and women he has met and the
stories they have told him. Ending his visit on the eve of Shabbat, Michael visits a synagogue for the first time since
he was a boy, and just before returning to America, draws his final conclusions about miracles in this ancient land with
its modern people. It is an inspiring climax to this unprecedented television series.
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