When we think of the Exodus story, most of us probably think immediately of Moses: the stories of his upbringing in Pharaoh’s palace, his flight to the wilderness where he “sees” God in the burning ...

“The Jewish people are more numerous and mightier than us. Let’s outsmart them, in case they grow, declare war, join our enemies, and rise from the land.” That wasn’t scraped off 4chan or transcribed ...

Few Americans realize that as the Jewish community begins reading the book of Exodus in the weekly Torah cycle, the text being studied is actually one of the political and moral founding documents of ...

The Israelite women who contributed to the tabernacle recognized the deeper gift God had given in the lengthy, exacting instructions for its construction, writes the executive director of Hillel ...

No individual is mentioned more often in the Torah than Moses. In fact, in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, which deal with his life, Moses is mentioned in every portion except one, ...

As Passover winds down, we look back at the annual retelling of the story of our people.

Sitting around a table, reading from a book, asking questions, singing songs — for many Jewish families, Passover begins this way. The Seder, a ritual meal marking the holiday, centers on retelling ...