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Book of Exodus

Cast members Christian Bale and Maria Valverde pose for photographs as they arrive for the film world premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" in Madrid, Spain.

Egyptian censors say ‘no’ to the new Exodus blockbuster

Belief

“Exodus: Gods and Kings” has earned awful reviews from Western critics, but it got even worse treatment in Egypt: an outright ban thanks to “historical inaccuracies.” It’s far from the first film to be banned on those grounds, and that applies to European nations as well.

A scene from Exodus: Gods and Kings

Hollywood has a race problem — and it’s on display in Ridley Scott’s new movie ‘Exodus’

Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander on their ‘New American Haggadah’

Arts, Culture & Media

VIDEO: The Passover story, recounted through shadow dance

Arts, Culture & Media

American educational decline: Not so bad

Development & Education

A New Sex Manual Gives Ultra-Orthodox Jews the Facts of Life

Arts, Culture & Media

An American-born Orthodox Jewish sex therapist in Jerusalem has written what he says is the first sexually explicit sex manual for ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews.

Washington’s Tepid Response to Drama in Egypt

Conflict & Justice

The US response to the crisis in Egypt has so far been tepid, a simple plea for no more violence. Middle East expert Michael Hanna explains why Washington is so quiet to anchor Marco Werman.

Maths and Numeracy Skills in England

Environment

Many of us look at numbers and our eyes glaze over. Some of us are so bad that we can’t split a check when we eat out with friends. Americans aren’t alone here. The National Numeracy organization in England says theirs is largely an innumerate nation.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about…Sukkot (sooKOTE), the week-long Jewish festival commemorating the fall harvest and the Exodus from Egypt.

The World

EARTH PROTECTION: AT THE CORE OF JUDAISM

During this Passover season, people of the Jewish faith celebrate their ancestral journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land. But some Jews say that journey isn’t over and it won’t be until the earth itself is freed from the bondage of ecological abuse, and humans return to the Promised Land of […]