Having been raised in an upper middle class Jewish environment whenever a presidential campaign took place the question asked by the Jewish Community was, “Is he good for the Jews?” Never was the question asked, “Is he good for America?” An example of how the Jewish Community gives pr...
in which Marx, as she observes, “writes of Jewish ‘hucksterism’ as emblematic of humanity’s universal need to be emancipated from greed and self-interest.” Before turning to a selection fromThe
On Monday, Jews around the world will begin celebrating the weeklong Passover holiday, recounting the biblical story of their exodus from Egypt after hundreds of years of slavery. But for many Israelis, it’s hard to fathom a celebration of freedom when friends ...
Cry of Herzog, is Saul Bellow's an undercurrent of surging external manifestations of Jewish culture. People how life can be meaningful? How to live free? Moses led the Jews out of ancient Egypt, returned to Canaan, pursue the freewheeling life. ...
In Egypt, we were slaves, and we couldn’t rest when we wanted to. We were slaves to the Egyptians, and we had to work when they told us to. We could not rest when we wanted to. Then Hashem saved us from Egypt, and we became free. Now we can rest on the Seventh Day, the ...
Circumcision rites and procedures vary around the globe. Jews traditionally circumcise on the eighth day of a boy's life. In Egypt the procedure takes place generally anytime frombirthto around 8 years of age. Malaysians prefer to circumcise when the boy is between 10 and 12 years old. ...
Edited the Wiki page on the murderous 1945 anti-Jewish riots in Egypt byadding a single sentence– that the Prime Minister of Egypt blamed the Zionists for provoking the attacks. Tried and failedto have the pageon the expulsion of Egyptian Jews deleted. ...
Eze 30:6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and theprideof her power shallcome down: from the tower of Syene shall theyfallin it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. Hos 5:5And theprideof Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraimfallin...
Parsley, or another green vegetable, is on the plate to represent the initial flourishing of the Jews in Egypt before they became enslaved, and continued hope and renewal. During the Seder, we’re instructed to dip the parsley into salt water to symbolize the tears that were shed and the ...
The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.