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Aired Tuesday December 27th, 2011 at 7:00 pm on KUED HD Ch. 7.1

See Epic History of World's Most Contested Piece of Real Estate on Jerusalem: Center of the World  

For centuries, untold numbers of Jews, Christians and Muslims have gone to Jerusalem to look for God, while billions more have worshiped from afar. Jerusalem: Center of the World, airing Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. on KUED, is the first documentary of this scope to delve into the historical facts and religious beliefs that have led so many thousands to live and die for this city.

Host Ray Suarez, senior correspondent of PBS' The Newshour, together with an outstanding roster of historians and scholars, explores the founding of the city and the birth and convergence of the world's three major monotheistic religions. He lends voice to the key events in the city's history as described in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Talmud, the Hagaddah, the Koran and the Hadith, and takes viewers through Jerusalem's constantly shifting role in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Jerusalem: Center of the World goes far beyond the city's exteriors to follow the paths taken by Abraham, David, Jesus and Mohammed, among countless others. Suarez travels deep into the city, where he touches the walls of Hezekiah's famed underground water-filled tunnels built from solid rock more than 2,500 years ago; faces the same wall the Biblical King David likely faced when conquering the city in the 10th century; visits the recently discovered Siloam pool where Jesus, it is said, cured a man's blindness; and takes viewers right into the Dome of the Rock, from where Muslims believe Mohammed ascended to heaven. With illustrations from more than 300 pieces of iconic artwork from every genre and period, Jerusalem: Center of the World brings to life one of the oldest cities in the world.

Jerusalem: Center of the World captures the rich mosaic of Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities that co-exist - not always peacefully - in the city today and offers a rare look into the powerful role of these communities in the lives of hundreds of millions of people today.

Our Underwriters

University of Utah Health Care - KUED Underwriter
First West Benefit Solutions - KUED Underwriter
Utah Catholic Schools - KUED Underwriter
Relay Utah - KUED Underwriter
Christensen and Jensen - KUED Underwriter
Dolores Doré Eccles Broadcast Center (EBC), The University of Utah, 101 S. Wasatch Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, 801-581-7777 
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