Tag: history
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An Audacious Choice
The Menorah is one of the oldest Jewish symbols. In the Book of Exodus, G-d shows Moses the design of the Menorah, which is then executed by the artisan Bezalel. It is made out of one block of pure gold. In this week’s Torah portion, (Leviticus 24:1-4) Aaron is commanded to light the Menorah in…
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Out of Egypt Part III
Perhaps the most impressive site that we visited in Egypt was the Temple of Karnak. It is a massive archeological site that dwarfs anything I have seen in Israel. This complex was begun around 2000 BCE. Approximately 30 Pharaohs contributed to its building down to the Ptolemaic dynasty. (300 BCE). The picture above shows my…
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Out of Egypt
My wife, Middy, and I just returned from a two-week trip to Egypt. The impetus for visiting Egypt was to visit our son, who is living temporarily in Cairo. We decided to combine that visit with an organized tour of Egypt which focused on the ancient historical sites of the Pharaohs. Egypt is of course…
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For Martin Luther King Day
In 1963, the German born American Rabbi Joachim Prinz, who had a long history advocating for civil rights, participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Rabbi Prinz spoke prior to Dr. King that morning. He said, “When I was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin under the Hitler…
Rabbi Marc D. Rudolph 