Parashat HaShavua: Avraham Burg on the rebellion of the Israelites

 

Who were the five women behind the first ever non-violent – and feminist – rebellion?

Author, public intellectual, and former Speaker of the Knesset, Avraham “Avrum” Burg, offers a contemporary reading of this week’s Torah portion ‘Va’era,’ Book of Exodus, where God appears to Moses and instructs him to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

 

Song credit: Go Down Moses

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