additional funding by konover investments corporation and its founder simon konover. narrator: abraham, founder of monotheism, the first jew. the two most closely related abrahamic religions -- judaism and christianity -- claim abraham as their father. though jews and christians share a biblical legacy, their journey for the past 2,000 years has been rich yet troubled. and now part two of "jews and christians -- a journey of faith." mazel tov. mazel tov. man: covenant, chosen-ness, does not mean that there's anything intrinsically different between the jewish people and any other people in the world. in fact, in deuteronomy we are told, "not because you are the greatest of the people "has god chosen you, because you are amongst the weakest, the puniest of peoples." but god has set his name on us, or god has chosen us, in order to testify to his presence in the world. circumcision is an external manifestation of this covenantal relationship that we have this special responsibility, this special obligation, this special destiny that obliges us to live accordingly. durin

additional funding by konover investments corporation and its founder simon konover.ou'll never know what you'll find. [dog barks] announcer: available now in the app store. [soft instrumental music] ♪ it's my pleasure to welcome you to this performance by the raleigh ringers coming to you from meymandi concert hall at the bti performing arts center in raleigh, north carolina. the raleigh ringers is a community-based handbell ensemble that gave its first performance in 1990, but our instrument, the english handbell, has been around for hundreds of years. the ringers of the large bells found in the towers of so many english churches developed complex methods of repeatedly changing the order in which the bells were rung according to a memorized pattern. all this needed a lot of practice standing in a non-climate-controlled stone tower, hauling on a rope to control a massive bell, whose voice would unavoidably be heard for miles around. hoping to make their practice sessions more comfortable and less public, the ringers asked bell manufacturers to make them some small be