A desire to see wicked nations punished is bound up in the belief in a just and providential God.

Under what circumstances will the Jews of Caracas celebrate the festival of freedom?

Ironic inversions unite two narratives of redemption.

Not willfulness, but freedom for excellence.

Thanks to a small group of dedicated rabbis.

Led by the future rector of Hebrew University.

“All who are hungry, come and eat . . . ”

The ever-dying people.

The few small Jewish groups that maintain the practice.

Absent miracles, might usually wins.

A Tom Thumb rabbi and a blood libel.

And the traditional importance of Maimonides’ principles of faith.

A communal, and often political, ritual that was commonplace for a few decades.