prophecy

Moses’ Choice Gil Student, Torah Musings. Moses was chosen to lead Israel not only by God but, the Gemara says, by his mother.  Still, unlike his enslaved brethren and even Pharaoh, Moses had the freedom to choose.

The Esther Code Rebecca Benhamou, Times of Israel. Just before Nazi Julius Streicher was hanged, he said, “Purim festival, 1946.”  A new book, claiming that the Book of Esther predicated the Holocaust, has become a best-seller in France.

Not Written in the Stars Jennifer Lipman, Jewish Chronicle. Like the Mayans who said the world would end on December 21, medieval Jews predicted the future from the cosmos—much to the consternation of Maimonides.