Description: Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786 ... Sacks suggests that he shows a deep concern with history. Sacks affords a view of a foundational moment in Jewish modernity and forwards new ways of ...

Passover is a holiday in the Jewish faith celebrating the ancient Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt. For decades, the Jews had been slaves of the Egyptian pharaohs until Moses led them out of ...

According to Megillat Ta’anit 1, the death of Joshua, Moses’ closest disciple and ... weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History. To receive the complete newsletter ...

Passover, the most observed holiday in the Jewish faith, is known as Pesach in Hebrew, and lasts for a week. The holiday has close ties to the Biblical character of Moses, who was responsible for ...

(JTA) — Moses Elisaf, thought to be the first Jewish ... our ethos during the election campaign,” he told Haaretz. JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.