Beyond the letter of the law.

MyJewishLearning.com is co-sponsoring a pre-Passover six-part class on Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution along with AJWS, AVODAH, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, ...

The book of Exodus tells the tale of Israel's liberation and birth, and of the beginning of God's covenanted nation.

Whether or not we know the suffering of the slaves, we are commanded to act as if we do.

When it was announced that Leonard Nimoy would return for a cameo appearance in the new Star Trek movie (read ...

In connecting the two, the Torah makes Shabbat a symbol of compassion and humane treatment for those in need of liberation.

The Bible has no problem giving both cosmic and social reasons for Shabbat. Creation and liberation are tightly connected.

Why is it that the most unbelievable of Jewish stories is that which is most believed in?

A Hasidic teaching suggests that power, rather than bringing about liberation, achieves just the opposite.

How Jews fleeing Spain and Portugal transformed the region.