Stubborn. Wooden-headed. Inflexible. Intransigent. These are the words that come to mind when thinking about the folly of the Pharaohs of Egypt. The signs were already there. At first, Pharaoh claimed ...

“For Zion’s Sake I will not keep silent,” the Book of Isaiah reminds the Jewish people. Richard Kreitner, the author of previous books on secession and global literary travel, has marked this Passover ...

(RNS) — On Ashura, the promise of Paradise is divine assurance even when the world shows its vilest cruelty. No pharaoh, tyrant or terrorist can take any of those things away. (RNS) — The story of ...

Every year, people co-opt Passover to push partisan agendas. This year, Jewish human rights groups are already promoting Passover Haggadah materials that urge people to put "social justice on your ...