In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

On September 11, 1800, he was convicted on the basis of testimony offered by Pharoah and by Ben, a young Prosser slave who become involved early in the conspiracy. In his confession, recorded by ...

The irony of Robert Crumb, per this alternately rollicking and perceptive biography, is that the cartoonist most identified with 1960s counterculture was no hippie. The man Continue reading ...

Then, Moses raises his staff and the waves before them roll back, revealing a path to safety between two great walls of water… Imagine that you are one of Pharaoh’s slaves. What do you think ...

Your children will be safe.” The next morning, the Pharaoh finally agreed to Moses’ demands. The slaves were set free. The Jewish festival of Passover is celebrated in the Spring every year to ...