Begins with the story of the Maccabees, followed by Hillel, Ben Zakkai & Josephus, Rashi,Halevi,Benjamin of Tudela, Maimonides,Abravanel,Mendes, Manasseh Ben Israel, Ba-al Shem Tov, Mendelssohn,Montefiore, Herzl, Szold, Einstein and Weizmann