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Illustration of the Israelites Exodus from Egypt, guided by the prophet Moses, 1907, the Providence Lithograph Company. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Who was the Exodus Pharaoh?

Some believe that the absence of the Pharaoh’s name demonstrates that the story we read over Passover is not historical in any way—that it’s just an old campfire tale from Canaan.

April 15, 2022

Washington State removes anti-Israel lesson from K-12 Native American curriculum

It is disheartening to think that for a decade, children were exposed to such political manipulation. The good news, though, is that the game’s up.

July 8, 2021

Washington State with its state flag. Credit: Filip Bjorkman.

Washington State’s ‘Native Education’ curriculum attacks Israel in grade school

The bizarre inclusion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to be at odds with the curriculum’s self-described “place-based approach,” in which teachers and students are supposedly encouraged to focus on “the context of tribes in their own communities.”

July 2, 2021

Amos Oz addressing the J Street conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: J Street.

At J Street conference, Amos Oz calls AIPAC ‘hawkish, militaristic’

March 26, 2012

Distressed teenagers walk away from the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France, on March 19, 2012, where a man opened fire and killed a 30-year-old teacher and three young children, age 3, 6 and 10. Credit: EPA/MAXPPP/XAVIER DE FENOYL.

Four killed in Jewish school shooting in France

March 20, 2012

Click photo to download. Caption: President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel deliver statements to the press prior to their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, March 5, 2012. Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson.

AIPAC policy conference roundup

March 6, 2012

During his Monday night speech at the AIPAC policy conference, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a copy of letters from 1944, in which the World Jewish Congress had implored the American government to bomb Auschwitz. Credit: EPA/PETE MAROVICH.

Netanyahu dismisses alternatives to military option

March 6, 2012

Former U.S. senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, D.C., on March 6. While Santorum addressed the conference in person, fellow presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spoke via satellite. Credit: EPA/PETE MAROVICH.

Republicans address AIPAC with varying degrees of airtime

March 6, 2012

Click photo to download. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on Sunday, March 4. Credit: EPA/RON SACHS/POOL.

At AIPAC, Obama defends his record

March 5, 2012