Slavery

Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage

From the golden calf to today, fear tests us, but faith and courage show the way forward.

Taking cover in Tel Aviv, March 1.
Impatience has led to many people losing their own private Garden of Eden.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Sin of the golden calf and the test of patience

MURSAL SAYAS,  an Afghan women’s rights activist, journalist, and the CEO of Women Beyond Borders.

Taliban penal code legalizes slavery, places women below animals, expert tells 'Post' - interview

Gold.

Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again


Presbyterian Church senior official: Israel commits 'slavery' against Palestinians 

"The continued occupation in Palestine/Israel is 21st-century slavery and should be abolished immediately," wrote the Presbyterian Church's Stated Clerk, Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II.

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My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. That’s why I’m a rabbi for racial justice.

'I pray that the work we all do to advance social justice today may serve as tiny measures of atonement for the grievous damage caused by our nation, including my ancestors.'

Judah P. Benjamin, the most prominent Jewish slaveholder in American history

A true tale of slavery, drugs, and chaos in the Middle East - book review

An unexpected rescue: Going through Middle Eastern hell to find hope.

 GREEK AUTHORITIES present  confiscated items, including  Captagon amphetamine pills,  after dismantling a drug ring.  The Captagon drug trade plays a  significant role in the book’s plot  about trying to find a Western  hostage in Syria.

Archaeologists discover 'slave room' at Pompeii

Pompeii is famous historically for being an ancient city that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It was reportedly home to about 13,000 people.

Archaeologists discover ancient 'Street Food Shop' - Pompeii

Statue of Thomas Jefferson to be removed from New York City Hall

The statue is 188-years old and about 7-feet tall and efforts for it to be removed reignited due to protests for racial justice throughout the United States last year.

TOURISTS STROLL around the memorial to former US president Thomas Jefferson in Washington.

Israel is an essential ally to Africa - opinion

Since Israel was revived as a modern Jewish state in 1948, it has provided essential aid to countries in Africa.

The emblem of the African Union.

Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking US slavery's end

Biden said the day is a reminder of the "terrible toll that slavery took on the country and continues to take."

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden talks about the status of coronavirus vaccinations at the White House on Tuesday.

Family home of Harriet Tubman believed to be found in eastern Maryland

Archaeologists found a coin dated from 1808 on the Maryland Eastern Shore that portrays a woman with her hair blowing in the wind, wearing a hat that reads "Liberty."


A monument to a Confederate governor who loved Jews is coming down

Why did he admire Jews while considering Black people subhuman, activists are asking? And why did some in the Jewish community lavish him with praise?

The Zebulon Baird Vance Monument is a spot where groups from evangelicals to Black Lives Matter protesters go to be heard.

Could the Bible be cancel culture's next victim? - opinion

The terror of ‘woke’ cancel culture knows no bounds

First edition of King James Bible