Finally, the Children of Israel are free. Four hundred and thirty years after God promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan, the Israelites have begun their journey to the ...

This week’s portion, Pekude, covers the last chapters of Exodus and so is a good place to try to draw some general lessons from our story of stories. The poets have been finding metaphors and similes ...

This is the time of year when we Jews read the story of “Yetzi’at Mitzrayim,” the Exodus from Egypt. (It is part of our yearly reading of the Torah, the Five Books of Moses.) The experience of slavery ...

I couldn't help but to laugh a painful laugh knowing that inauguration day falls on the same Sabbath that Jews read the beginning of the Book of Exodus and the famous verse, "A new king arose over ...

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Soon, we shall again be reading the story of Exodus. It’s a good story, whether it actually happened or not. Now there’s the current version, coming into Texas. Their problem is they don’t have Moses ...

Jews around the world are celebrating Passover, which commemorates the redemption of ancient Israel from slavery in Egypt. Although that event occurred nearly 3,500 years ago, its essential lessons — ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In his book Exodus and Revolution, Michael Walzer shares three lessons we can all learn from the Exodus event of the Old ...