The people of Israel remained fragmented until the emergence of Moses. He began to reunite Israel under his leadership until ...

Between 1948 and 1966, approximately 63,000 Jews fled Egypt. The 1956 Suez Crisis accelerated this exodus, with 25,000 of the remaining 45,000 Jews leaving by mid-1957.

For the remaining Jews of Egypt, the local reaction to the Suez Crisis made life miserable. By the end of June 1957, some 25,000 out of the 45,000 Jews in Egypt were estimated to have left.

These two ancient empires shaped Passover The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.

Passover will begin at sundown on April 12, 2025. The holiday celebrates the Jewish people's journey out of slavery in Egypt; Passover is coming up, and so the Jewish holiday is top of mind.

Since Passover commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt, it’s a holiday of celebration, rejoicing, and remembrance.