Moses never veers from this line. Contrary to popular belief, he never tells Pharaoh, “let my people go,” full stop, but ...

Each of us faces fears, obstacles, and challenges. We encounter people and circumstances, inside and outside, which scare us ...

Did God rob Pharaoh of his free will in the Exodus story? Or, counterintuitively, did God simply strengthen it?

A children's song about a Pharaoh in pajamas tells more about Jewish history than one might think at first glance.

What if the stories of Moses and Joseph weren’t just biblical — but historical? Some researchers believe Egyptian records, ...

Last night, Temple Emanu-El held a special Shabbat service honoring Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who retired last month after 16 ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish perspective on the choosing of Moses and the women who ...

Explore this week’s Torah portion, Bo, and learn about Pharaoh's struggle with Moses and the demands for worship.

Pharaoh’s Refusal ...

We can read these different versions as the Egyptians, perhaps out of admiration, guilt, fear, or recognition of injustice, freely giving to their neighbors. A situation where Moses is “esteemed.” ...

Both vanished from power. Both defied Egyptian religion. Both believed in one god. Could Pharaoh Akhenaten and Moses be two names for the same revolutionary figure?

In his book “Assimilation versus Separation: Joseph the Administrator and the Politics of Religion in Biblical Israel,” Aaron Wildavsky examines Joseph’s career. Wildavsky, who had a distinguished ...