Posts Tagged ‘ exodus ’

Jewniverse

Jewniverse
Jewish culture and history are full of fascinating, obscure, and amazing treasures. Some of them have been buried for thousands of years. Others are popping up in Broadway musicals, musty bookstores, and around the Internet as YouTube sensations. Jewniverse discovers them and sends you the scoop.

It’s Hip to Be Square

March 14, 2012
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matzah

Most people have a definite mental image of what matzah should look like: It’s evenly perforated, crunchy, and square. However, if you showed a piece of contemporary Manischewitz matzah to a Jew of the past–whether they lived 200 years ago or 2000–it wouldn’t look anything like their matzah, which was most likely round, soft,…

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One Fat Pharaoh

December 10, 2011
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Fat_Pharaoh_by_WerecatBoy

How did the Israelites escape from their slavery in Egypt? If you trust Roy L. Moody, a doctor who…

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Minority Report

March 9, 2011
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minority report

News reports can be famously subjective. An event that’s described as a violent uprising by…

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No One Is All Bad

December 21, 2010
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No one is all bad

Like any compelling story, the saga of the…

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