Faith in Exodus
Dennis Prager
April 19, 2001
During Passover and on Good Friday the Los Angeles Times published a front-page article titled \”Doubting the Story of Exodus.\”
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Seder Storytelling
Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes
March 29, 2001
Whether you believe the exodus from Egypt is historical reality or myth containing the power of religious truth, the Pesach story tells Jews who we were, who we are and how we must live our lives.
Two In Brief
Naomi Pfefferman
November 4, 1999
On July 18, 1947, Dr. Ruth Gruber stood on a wharf in Haifa and watched the battered ship Exodus inch into the harbor. The ship had been rammed by British warships determined to keep the 4,554 Holocaust survivors aboard from reaching Palestine.
Passover Refugees
Michael J
April 8, 1999
It was March 31, the first night of Passover, and his native Yugoslavia was again convulsed by war.
Passover vs. Easter
Naomi Pfefferman
March 25, 1999
If you want proof that the communion wafer is just a matzo knockoff, or if you wonder where eggs really belong (seder plate? White House lawn? Omelette?), check out \”The Jews vs. Christians\” on April 3 at bang. Improv Studio on Fairfax Avenue.
Skirball Hosts Passover Festival
Naomi Pfefferman
March 18, 1999
At noon on Sunday the Passover Posse will tromp through the lobby of the Skirball Cultural Center.
The Only Choice We Have
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
March 11, 1999
mes the same thing that got you into trouble can get you out of it. Take for example the fact that in last week\’s Torah portion, our ancestors used their gold jewelry to fashion a golden calf. For this act of idolatry and faithlessness, thousands were killed as God\’s anger poured down upon them like a river of fire.
Torah Portion
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
January 22, 1998
The Nazis took my uncle Henry at the beginning ofthe war. He survived more than five years as a slave. Young andstrong, he was a carpenter, and they needed carpenters. At first,they moved him from camp to camp, including a stay at Pleshow, whereSchindler\’s people were kept. And, finally, Auschwitz. A slavelaborer, he built parts of the camp. When the Allies advanced, he wastaken on the infamous Death March from Poland into Germany. He wasliberated from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army in 1945.
Torah Portion
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
October 23, 1997
Did the first people to read the Bible know they were reading \”The Bible\”? And if not, what was it they thought they were reading?
Spectator
Diane Arieff
June 26, 1997
In July 1947, a Chesapeake Bay steamer loaded with 4,500 Holocaust survivors was attacked by the British navy on its way to Palestine. The ship was called Exodus 1947, and its aborted voyage galvanized world opinion in support of the struggle to create a Jewish state.
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