The Exodus

Partial statue of Ramesses the Great found in ancient Egyptian capital city along Nile

Ramesses II (“Ramesses the Great”) is believed by many to have been the pharoah in the biblical story of the Exodus.

Partial statue of Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great") discovered at Tel Faraon, Egypt, April 23, 2026.
CHERRY TREES blossom in New York City in April.

The scourge that is anti-Israel US politicians - opinion

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

When miracles demand courage: A moral reading of Exodus for our time - opinion

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

In every generation: The revolutionary spirit of Passover - opinion


Parashat Tzav: True freedom begins in the mind, not in physical circumstance

Shabbat Hagadol is a time of inner preparation for the Festival of Freedom. On this Shabbat, we begin to think and act from a broader perspective.

An Israeli family enjoys a "Seder" Pesach on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Pesach. April 22, 2024.

Seeing beyond the moment: What Passover demands of us this year

This year, perhaps the most important question the holiday asks of us is not “what happened then,” but “what does this moment require of us now?”

Shirel Dagan-Levy, CEO of Voice of the People

Az Nashir Haggadah: Women’s voices on the path to redemption - review

A Haggadah that blends tradition, contemporary Israeli reality, and women’s voices for a living redemption.

Prophet Miriam plays the tambourine as she dances and sings with the women as they leave Egypt. A Camden Press poster of a wood carving by the Brothers Dalziel after a mid-19th-century illustration by Edward Poynter.

Walking the Exodus: One woman's journey through the desert Moses crossed

Tracing the biblical Exodus route through the desert, one woman found a story of endurance and the unseen labor that makes survival possible

Margaret Malka Rawicz sits with a Bedouin lady who took her to tend sheep in Sinai Desert.

Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

Invoking Torah, Minnesota Jews mobilize against ICE operations

Minnesota’s Jewish community is speaking out against ICE raids, invoking Torah teachings on welcoming the stranger and mobilizing protests across the Twin Cities.

Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, of the Conservative Beth Shalom Congregation in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, speaks out with other faith leaders against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities at a press conference at a Lutheran church in St. Paul, Jan. 20, 2026.

This week in Jewish history: Miracle aids and antibiotics

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 THANK YOU, Selman Waksman, for isolating streptomycin.

‘This is from Moses’: Newly imaged Sinai inscriptions revive Exodus-era alphabet debate

High-resolution photography at the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadem in Egypt’s south-central Sinai Peninsula highlighted faint letters that one epigrapher reads as “This is from Moses.”

 Cylinders found at Tel Um el-Marra, Syria.

Lag Ba'Omer 2025 will act as vehicle to express prayers for hostages, soldiers, all Jews - opinion

Beyond the Headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

 An illustration signifying the importance of smaller steps as you climb a figurative ladder.

The importance of God's name in the story of Passover - opinion

If God is willing to conduct a dialogue with a human being and change His mind, how much more so must human beings conduct a dialogue with each other and be willing to change their minds?

 PLATE 11: ‘And She Stood by Us,’ by Matthew L. Berkowitz, from ‘The Lovell Haggadah,’ Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies and Nirtzah Editions LCC, Jerusalem, copyright 2008.