'' Pillar of Fire '' focuses on the History of Zionism , beginning in 1896 , in the wake of Theodor Herzl 's revival of the concept of Jewish nationalism and continues to follow the Jewish People in the 20th century , the early stages of Zionism , followed by the waves of Aliyah prior to the founding of Israel , the Revival of the Hebrew language , the Ottoman Empire 's rule in over the Land of Israel , the British Mandate , Anti-Semitism in Europe , the rise of Nazism and The Holocaust , the history of the Yishuv , the Jewish struggle for independence , and ends in 1948 , with the Israeli Declaration of Independence
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Pillar of Fire (TV series)