Israel’s Former Defense Minister on the Turmoil in the Middle East
And the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
April 20, 2017
A Pharaoh’s-Eye View of the Exodus
Absent miracles, might usually wins.
Nowadays one is constantly urged to see things through the eyes of the “other.” Liel Leibovitz, applying this logic to the Passover story, draws an unusual lesson from the holiday. At the outset of the Exodus story, he notes, Pharaoh’s efforts to subdue the Israelites prove successful: so demoralized are they by slavery and infanticide that they initially reject Moses’ mission to set them free. Only God’s most awesome miracles render them willing to leave Egypt—a point lost on many who wish to draw analogies from the Haggadah to contemporary politics:
April 20, 2017
Modern Turkey Comes to an End
Erdogan’s new sultanate has a purpose.
A Pharaoh’s-Eye View of the Exodus
Absent miracles, might usually wins.
The Danger of Reducing the Bible to a Political Fairytale
What a new study misses about the book of Samuel.
Unwarranted Optimism about the American Jewish Future
Big tent.