In sending immigrants, many innocent of any crime, to foreign prisons, Trump is reenacting the Genesis story of Joseph.
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MAGA Reenacts Enslavement of Joseph
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Passover Originated in Poetic Vision
In this Passover poem, Harvey Shapiro traces the movement from direct encounter with God to the Passover story.
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Choosing the Desert over Bondage
Marge Piercy’s “Maggid” is a powerful Passover poem about the courage it takes to abandon what is familiar.
Passover: A Ritual for Wanderers
Henry Weinfield is deeply skeptical of a fixed Jewish identity but captures the wandering spirit in this Passover poem.
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