Category: Festivals
WHY SLAVERY? WHY MIRACLES?
On the festival of Pesach (Passover) we celebrate a seminal event in Jewish history –... Read More
MESSAGE AND MEDIA IN THE AGE OF DONALD TRUMP
Earlier this week, I came across a remarkable article in the New York Times by... Read More
DO NOT REJOICE IN YOUR ENEMY’S DOWNFALL
The splitting of the Red Sea was undoubtedly the greatest miracle of the Exodus story,... Read More
THE SECRET OF JEWISH ENDURANCE
The arrest of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California, earlier this week was immediately followed... Read More
THE MESSAGE OF PHARAOH’S HARDENED HEART
One of the repeated themes of the Exodus narrative is the phenomenon of Pharaoh’s “hardened... Read More
MISSION THAT ALMOST ENDED BEFORE IT BEGAN (2)
Early on in Shemot (Exodus), God appears to Moses and convinces him to take the... Read More
MISSION THAT ALMOST ENDED BEFORE IT BEGAN (1)
Early on in Shemot (Exodus), God appears to Moses and convinces him to take the... Read More
ANCIENT EGYPT AND ANCIENT GREECE
Although ancient Egypt and ancient Greece coexisted for over a millennium, they were different in... Read More