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The Four Sons And All Their Sons: A Passover Tale
"The Four Sons And All Their Sons: A Passover Tale"
As Passover approaches, KCPT honors Jewish culture and heritage with compelling programming that celebrates traditions and remembers hardships and service. From Passover family gatherings to the service of Jewish-Americans who fought in World War II, these stories remind us of the richness and struggle of the Jewish experience.

The Gefilte-Fish Chronicles - 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29

With 86-year-old twin sisters Peppy Barer and Rosie Groman narrating, discover the story of how a family embraces the Passover holiday: not only to celebrate a religious event, but to stay spiritually and physically connected through traditional meal preparations.

The Four Sons and All Their Sons - A Passover Tale - 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 29

The Four Sons are the focus of one of the most beloved and intriguing tales at the Passover Seder, so much so that the fable has been relentlessly reinterpreted over the centuries — in art, in music, in words — as often as any story ever told. Experience 34 versions of the story, and meet the most special siblings at any Seder, the Four Sons.

NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11

For centuries, the Lithuanian city of Vilna was one of the most important Jewish centers in the world, earning the title “Jerusalem of the North” until World War II, when the Nazis reduced its synagogues and cultural institutions to ruins. Now, an international team of archaeologists is trying to rediscover this forgotten world, excavating the remains of its Great Synagogue and searching for proof of one of Vilna’s greatest secrets: a lost escape tunnel dug by Jewish prisoners inside a horrific Nazi execution site.
NOVA
Holocaust Escape Tunnel Preview

At ground zero for the final solution, scientists uncover a story of hope and bravery.

GI Jews - Jewish Americans In World War II - 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11

This is the profound and remarkable story of the 550,000 Jewish Americans who served their country in World War II. These brave men and women fought for their nation and for Jewish people worldwide. Like all Americans, they fought against fascism, but they also waged a more personal fight — to save their brethren in Europe.
GI JEWS: JEWISH AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR II

Discover the story of the 550,000 brave Jewish Americans who served in World War II

Trezoros - The Lost Jews of Kastoria - 9 p.m. on Friday, April 13

Using never-before-seen archival footage, this documentary illuminates the lives of a Greek Sephardic community whose story speaks for people who have been decimated by war and discrimination. The story is set in the beautiful, idyllic city of Kastoria, where Jews and Christians lived in harmony for more than two millennia until the Nazis took control of the town—dooming the community that had existed since the times of the Roman Empire.

We’ll Meet Again: Children of WWII - 1 p.m. on Monday, April 23 on KCPT2

Join Ann Curry for dramatic reunions between people separated and thrown together by the events of WWII. A Japanese-American woman sent to a confinement camp hopes to find the childhood friend whose acts of kindness helped her cope. And a survivor from a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai searches for the daughter of the couple who became surrogate parents during the war years.
We'll Meet Again
Preview | Children of WWII

Join Ann Curry to witness dramatic reunions between people separated during WWII.

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