Two Jewish families, one Sephardic and the other Ashkenazi, find themselves caught up in the maelstrom of the First World War. Between the hammer and the anvil of the different warring parties and the social and religious tensions, a historic opportunity opens up for the Jewish people to regain their dignity and control their destiny. Elie, the Sephardic, and Reizy, the Ashkenazi, meet in London where new ideologies clash against a backdrop of war and hope...