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From the Exodus to the HolocaustMonday, March 25, 2013 by Harold Klein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Less than a week after celebrating the Exodus at Passover, we mourn the Holocaust on Yom Hashoah. Both commemorations demand that we remember the events as if we were there. The Jew and the Giant Olivd
Saturday, March 23, 2013 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rejoice When Your Enemy Falters?Friday, March 22, 2013 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Proverbs says, "When your enemy falters do not rejoice and when he stumbles do not feel glee." Does that apply even if your enemy is really, really evil?
Friday, March 22, 2013 by Yossi Klein Halevi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"'Passover Jews' are motivated by empathy with the oppressed; 'Purim Jews' are motivated by alertness to threat."Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt?
Friday, March 22, 2013 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Bible gives no fewer than four different reasons for the Israelites' enslavement in Egypt. But if there really was slavery, why does the Bible have so much trouble explaining it?