Moses did not begin his life as a leader, he began as someone who could not ignore the suffering in front of him. As a non ...

Chapter 6 I was wrong. I have heard Deuteronomy in the synagogue before. In fact, I’ve heard Deuteronomy every time I’ve ever been to synagogue. That’s because, as I discovered today, the Shema—the ...

The first Jews arrived in what would become the United States as early as the 1650s, when a small group of Sephardi refugees ...

(JNS) The Israelites famously declared in the book of Exodus at Mount Sinai, “We will do, and then we will hear.” Rabbinic tradition has taken that to mean that they accepted the Torah sight unseen, ...

This 1930s silent film dramatizes key stories from the Bible with intertitles guiding the narrative. It opens with Moses delivering the Ten Commandments amidst the Israelites’ rebellion, depicting the ...

This holiday season, Jews across the globe will gather together for Passover to eat, share stories and retell the tale of the Exodus. The Passover seder is the most celebrated Jewish event all year ...