Finding Fault
Rabbi Daniel Brenner
July 27, 2000
\”And these were the journeys of Israel from the time they left the land of Egypt at the hands of Moshe and Aharon.\” (Numbers 33:1)
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ADL Passover seder for the schools in Los Angeles Unified School District
Jewish Journal
November 4, 1999
All evening Taumisha Freeman sat dutifully, listening to the story of the Exodus out of Egypt, tasting matzah (\”It needs salt\”), reciting the plagues, without any expression. It was hard to know if she was bored or if, given the fact that she had never been around anything Jewish before, it was just too strange to be here at this intergroup Passover, sponsored by the Pacific Southwest regional office of the Anti-Defamation League.
Netanyahu’s Day in L.A.
Jewish Journal
October 14, 1999
The Israeli prime minister crams in meetings, a pressconference and a gala dinner before shuttling off to London.
On Huts and Hospitality
Jane Ulman
September 23, 1999
\”You shall live in booths seven days in order that future generations may know I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt\” (Leviticus 23:42-43).
Preserving History
Naomi Pfefferman
April 1, 1999
In Persis Knobbe\’s sweet, semi-autobiogrpahical short story, \”Highlights,\” Morris, an octogenarian, describes his exodus from the oppressive old country, on the holiday that commemorates the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt.
Parents As Pillars
Rabbi Janet Ross Marder
January 21, 1999
My daughter has always been the squeamish type. Once, when she was about 4 years old, we were talking about the exodus from Egypt — the dark night of watching, when God told the Israelites to slaughter lambs and smear the blood on the doorposts of their houses so that the Holy One would \”pass over\” and spare their firstborn from destruction.
Another Offer Arafat Can’t Refuse?
Eric Silver
December 4, 1997
Binyamin Netanyahu has made peace, for the time being, with his own disaffected coalition by offering the Palestinians a further West Bank withdrawal that is vague, qualified and conditional. But in the atmosphere of distrust generated by the Israeli prime minister, few are convinced that he has advanced the prospects of a wider peace.
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