Exodus
Six months of Jewish loneliness
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 10, 2024
(RNS) — Six months. That’s all you need to know.
Why I am obsessed with an ancient story about giant frogs
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 9, 2024
(RNS) — Yes, they are a metaphor for the challenges of our time.
Why the movie ‘Exodus’ still matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 13, 2023
(RNS) — On the 75th anniversary of Israel’s birth, the blockbuster movie still raises serious questions.
Freedom was granted at Passover. It was defined on Shavuot.
By Avi Shafran — May 24, 2023
(RNS) — The Festival of Weeks shows that true freedom comes in endeavoring to live a 'mission-focused' life.
Why is Passover different from all other nights? 3 essential reads on the Jewish holiday
By Molly Jackson — April 5, 2023
(The Conversation) — The Passover Seder has tradition and remembrance at its core, but has also evolved throughout the centuries in Jewish communities around the world.
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis says Lent is an ‘exodus from slavery to freedom’
By Claire Giangravé — February 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — 'Lent is a journey of return to God,' the pope said during his homily on Feb. 17, to the socially distanced faithful attending the Mass.
A new book explores the evolution of the DIY handbook for Passover
By Yonat Shimron — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Vanessa Ochs’ new book, ‘The Passover Haggadah: A Biography,’ recounts how this wine-stained ritual manual, handed to each participant around the seder table, evolved. And no, she doesn’t think the coronavirus will emerge as the 11th plague.
This year Easter will feel more like Passover
By Stephen B. Chapman — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Rather than putting on their new Easter clothes and gathering at church, Christian families may find it meaningful to read from Exodus together.
The Seder’s secrets to enduring a pandemic
By Ellen Bernstein — April 1, 2020
HOLYOKE, Mass. (RNS) — Passover is coming this year just in time to remind us to bless what God has given us, the first greens of spring and the maror, the bitter herb. How will we bless the bitterness this year?
Jewish organizations encourage retelling the Passover story with trivia cards
By RNS staff — March 26, 2018
(RNS) — Did you know that Jews from Gibraltar sprinkle brick dust into their Passover haroset dish, or that Middle Eastern Jewish families whip themselves with scallions at the seder table?
Sermon on the Strip: ‘Where is God?’
By Kimberly Winston — October 8, 2017
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — At worship this weekend, people of different faiths sought solace and answers to a question that may be unanswerable: why the mass shooting happened.
On Passover, fearing the Four Questions
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2017
(RNS) The honor of singing the Four Questions at the Passover seder traditionally falls to the youngest child. What happens when that child is scared out of his mind?
The ‘Splainer: Passover, the most beloved Jewish holiday
By Lauren Markoe — April 22, 2016
(RNS) Slaves, plagues, wine and matzo.
The Passover seder, designed by and for women
By Lauren Markoe — March 25, 2015
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) At Passover, Jewish women will enjoy seders with their families, but increasing numbers are adding an all-women's seder to their holiday celebrations.
The long march from ‘Exodus’ to ‘Selma’ (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 2, 2015
(RNS) When you strip away the costumes, mythology, and mascara-wearing Egyptians monarchs, what do you really have? “Exodus” is a film about the birth of freedom. A people demands its rights. A leader screams out for redemption. Sound familiar?
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