“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” — Sue Monk Kidd, author During a Passover seder, Jews tell the story of Exodus to remind us of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The biannual Israel Exploration Journal, a peer-reviewed journal published for over half a century, serves as a major ...

The opening chapter of Shemot contains an episode that properly deserves a place of honor in the history of morality. Pharaoh has decided on a plan of slow genocide. He tells the midwives, Shifra and ...

"A new king rose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph, and he said to his nation: 'Behold! The nation of the Children of Israel is greater and mightier than us. Come, let us deal cunningly with it, ...

The Book of Exodus opens with the information that in accordance with the divine promise to Abraham, the sons of his grandchild Israel have swelled to become a people. For the Egyptians this evolution ...

Of the 83 people introduced by name in Genesis, only 24 are women. In Chapter One of Exodus, we are reintroduced to Jacob and his 12 sons and two new female characters: Shifrah and Puah. When we first ...

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A few days after taking office, it was important for the new Chief Rabbis to come out with an emotional call to the rabbis of the communities in Israel and around the world, and implore them to ...

TODAY, May 5, is celebrated annually worldwide as International Day of the Midwife. This year the theme will be ‘Midwives: Defenders of women’s rights’. Unfortunately, not many people know the ...