American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Dignity is not rigidity. It is wisdom in motion. At the sea, Israel recovers inner choice. Against Amalek, they learn to act ...

We hear the word slavery and our minds are drawn to the horrors of what the United States did to Black persons, particularly the American South. The Torah seems to me to be clear slavery in Egypt was ...

“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all other forms.” —Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4 It has been over 3,000 years since ...

Passover, the week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the exodus of Israelite slaves from Egypt, begin on the evening of March 30. Also known as Pesach, Passover will coincide with the Christian ...

In the American South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, ...

Christian interpreters of the Bible usually see themselves as God’s chosen people. We relate to people like Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Rachel. When reading a book like Exodus, ...

How fitting it is that, in our annual cycle of Torah reading, some part of the Exodus narrative always coincides with the ...

Passover is one of the most important religious traditions celebrated by members of the Jewish faith all over the world every year. The holiday is meant to commemorate and remember the struggle for ...

Vatican City • Pope Francis celebrated Ash Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, reminding faithful the Lenten period leading to Easter celebrations is a journey and “an exodus from slavery to freedom.” ...