Exodus

Movie Review: Marley

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.20.2012

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Marshall Fine

Marley is a welcome documentary, one that celebrates Bob Marley's spirit, his genius and his influence. If it errs on the side of hagiography, well, at least it gives us glimpses of previously unseen Marley performances.

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Leave Newsweek's Top 50 Rabbis List In Mitzrayim

Rabbi Rachel Gartner | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Newsweek, Jewish Culture, Rabbis, Judaism, Exodus, Passover, Religion News
Rabbi Rachel Gartner

As Passover 2012 ends, let's finally break the bonds, and liberate ourselves from Top Rabbis lists. America has enough idols. Let's smash this one (the list, not the rabbis).

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Another Goldmanite Bites The Dust

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Yoel Zaoui Goldman, Goldman Exodus, Yoel Zaoui, Wall Street, Goldmanites Leaving, Wall Street Moves, Goldman Defections, Exodus, Business News

Another Goldmanite bites the dust. Yoel Zaoui, co-head of the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions group, is leaving Goldman Sachs after more ...

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The Biblical Exodus Story Is Fiction

Staks Rosch | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Egypt, Bible, Jew, David Wolpe, Moses, Passover, Exodus, Judaism, Scripture Commentary, Atheism, Religion News
Staks Rosch

When I first heard that there was not a shred of evidence discovered in the Sinai Desert that a large number of Jews had wandered for 40 years, I thought that wasn't such a big deal. I mean, it's a desert, right?

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Passover Is A Time To Renew Jewish-African American Common Cause

Rabbi Edward Bernstein | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Haggadah, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jeffrey Goldberg, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Seder, Exodus, Jonathan Safran Foer, Feet Were Praying, Passover, Judaism, Interfaith, Religion News
Rabbi Edward Bernstein

The Israelites may have left Egypt, but in many ways, we still experience Egypt. Humans still treat people who are different as "other." Until that stops, we are all still enslaved to prejudice and its consequences.

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Taking the Lamb: A Pre-Passover Ritual Re-imagined

Rabbi Yael Levy | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Matzah, Spirit, Mindfulness, Seder, Passover, Exodus, Judaism, Scripture Study, Jewish Ritual, Prayer and Meditation, Passover 2012, Religion News
Rabbi Yael Levy

The first ritual the Israelites ever enacted, the rite of passage that prepared them to leave bondage in Egypt, is one that can be re-imagined every year to guide us in discovering who we are and who we might become.

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Blacklisted 'Roman Holiday' Screenwriter Finally Awarded Credit

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Hollywood Blacklist, Dalton Trumbo, Roman Holiday, House Un-American Activities Committee, House Committee on Un-American Activitites, Spartacus, Mccarthyism, Hollywood Ten, Film, Exodus, Movies, Audrey Hepburn, Screenwriting, Arts News

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced Monday that it would officially restore screenwriting credit on 'Roman Holiday' to blacklisted Oscar-winn...

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If You Meet God On The Road, Kill Him

Christian Piatt | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Biblical Literalism, Exodus, God, Theodicy, Jesus, Christianity, Buddhism, Mysticism, Bible, Caputo, Suffering, Scripture Commentary, Christian Mysticism, God and Suffering, Religion News
Christian Piatt

By killing all preconceptions we have about who or what God is, we do indeed free God simply to be, as stated in Exodus and by great theologians and philosophers ever since.

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Exodus 14:19-31: Singing Through The Sorrow

Barbara Kay Lundblad | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Scripture Commentary, 9/11 Text, 9/11 Scripture, September 11 Anniversary, September 11th, Exodus 14, Exodus, Video, Religion News
Barbara Kay Lundblad

In congregations across the country, people will hear the powerful story of the Israelites crossing the sea (Exodus 14:19-31). How will this text sound alongside the other texts of 9/11?

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Hollywood and Israel

Dovid Efune | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Sasha Baron Cohen, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Israel the Movie, World Alliance for Israel Political Action Committee, Barbara Streisand, Waltz With Bashir, Jon Voight, Exodus, Natalie Portman, Tinseltown, Munich, Raid on Entebbe, Sarah Silverman, Steven Spielberg, Jerry Seinfeld, Marc Platt, Jewish State, Israel Hayom, The House on Garibaldi Street, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Israel, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Dovid Efune

Since its founding in 1948, the relationship between America's royalty in Hollywood and Israel has been temperamental.

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The Biblical Roots Of Christian Song

Lorenzo Candelaria | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Sacred Music, New Testament, Agony in the Garden, Catholic Communion, Palm Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Christian Music, Exodus, Jesus Christ, Last Supper, Holy Week, Resurrection, Eucharist, Hallel, Crucifixion of Jesus, Song of the Sea, Song in the Bible, Christian Liturgy, Music and Religion, Religion News
Lorenzo Candelaria

Amid the great tensions, contradictions and reversals in their flight to the Promised Land, the Israelites glorified God. Liturgical singing in churches today glorifies Our Lord in the same way.

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Exodus From Exile, Ourselves And Hatred

Carol Smaldino | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Hero's Journey, Holocaust, Passover, Exodus, Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Pesach 2011, Senseless Hatred, Passover 2011, Etty Hillesum, German, Auschwitz, Religion News
Carol Smaldino

It is not as easy as it might seem to move away from hatred, since it can feel like giving up or giving in. When we are tied by hatred, whether to our stories or our religion, we cannot be free.

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Passover In Egypt: Did The Exodus Really Happen?

Roger Isaacs | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Biblical History, Israelites, Ipuwer Papyrus, Moses, Archaeology, Egypt, Exodus Story, Exodus, Judaism, Religion News
Roger Isaacs

Clues and speculations abound regarding alleged items of evidence discovered for the Exodus, and nearly all have their champions and detractors.

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Miral's Rula Jebreal: The Palestinian Woman who wrote the Book that Started this Big Screening War

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katie Halper

This week, days before Miral's release, I talked to Rula Jebreal about her life, her story, the film, violence, and her optimism for a peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

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Preachers of the Future: Three Sermons From Young Christians

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Scripture Commentary, Sabbath, Preachers, Young Preachers, Exodus, Sermon, Christian Sermon, Religion News

One hundred and thirty young preachers from across the country gathered in Louisville, Ky. on January 8th and 9th for the second National Festival of ...

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Biblical Miracles You Can Perform at Home

Todd Hartley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Bible, Burning Bush, Boulder, Science, Moses, Ncar, Red Sea, Exodus, Samson, Denver News
Todd Hartley

The latest attempt to prove scientifically that events in the Bible could have occurred comes courtesy of researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and CU-Boulder.

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Where's My Flying Car... and an Efficient IT Market?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Greenberg

Will our IT world see the same fate as auto manufacturing? If we don't want to see Silicon Valley turn into Detroit, we need to sharpen our instincts and stop trusting IT industry myths.

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Surprise, Surprise! Palestinians Won't Recognize Jewish State

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Jewish State, Nabil Shaath, Jews in Arab Lands, Palestinian Refugees, Iraqi Jews, Exodus, Egyptian Jews, Yemenite Jews, Arab Anti-Jewish Law, World News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

How does Palestinian negotiator Shaath expect to win Israeli confidence and concessions for peace if Palestinians still refuse to accept Israel's Jewishness?

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Ruth Gruber, Journalism Pioneer, Finally Gets Credit

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia Woolf, Ahead of Time, Ruth Gruber Interview, Golda Meir, Harry Truman, Natasha Richardson, David Ben-Gurion, New York Herald Tribune, Overseas Press Club, Haven, Exodus, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Called Ahead of Time, the film by director Bob Richman follows Gruber's remarkable career as a pioneering journalist and writer from the 1920s onward.

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Dismantling Israel's Myths

Dahlia Scheindlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Karine A, Flotilla, Gaza, Myths, Exodus, Blockade, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Dahlia Scheindlin

Certain perspectives on the flotilla, Gaza, and Israel have taken on mythological proportions but have little logical force. Here are some myths, dismantled.

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Gaza Blockade: When The Shoe Was On The Other Foot

Avnery News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Flotilla, Holocaust, Gaza, Exodus 1947, Uri Avnery, Gaza Blockade, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Britain, Exodus, Ernest Bevin, World News

ON THE high seas, outside territorial waters, the ship was stopped by the navy. The commandos stormed it. Hundreds of people on the deck resisted, the...

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Exodus: The Rest of the Story

Philip Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Jews, Biblical Stories, Bible, The Bible, Jerry Bruckheimer, Violence, Biblical, Jewish Culture, Moses, Exodus, Jihad, Religion, Judeo-Christian Nation, God, Mel Gibson, Jewish, Religion and Politics, Passover, Israel, Religion News
Philip Goldberg

We seldom hear the rest of the story about Passover. At a time when religiously motivated terrorism is a daily concern, it might do us well to contemplate the sequel.

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Passover Seder: Stay For A While

Angela Himsel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Haggadah, Passover, Judaism, Obama's Seder, Jewish Holidays, Passover Seder, Ceremony, Jewish, Passover 2010, Pesach, Jewish People, High Holy Days, Exodus, New York News
Angela Himsel

My Seder table, like everyone else's, is a blend of our own individual narratives and stories and the national story that we retell.

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Passover 2010: Liberation Is Why Pesach Matters

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Jewish, Passover 2010, Liberation, Pesach, Israel, Exodus, Passover, Religion, Seder, Religion News
Brad Hirschfield

Passover is a roadmap to liberation, both personal and global, and who doesn't want, and deserve, to be free?

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Trying For A Diverse Seder? Tip No. 1: Don't Burn Your Guests

David Crumm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Seder, Dayenu, Moses, Judaism, Exodus, Passover, Religion News
David Crumm

For non-Jews like me contemplating an invitation to a seder, you'll be far ahead if you learn the Hebrew term above: "Dayenu," which roughly means, "It would have been enough!" And bone up on the Exodus story.

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