One of the frequent memes in the vexing debate about how to restrain Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb is the religious figure of Amalek. My colleague Jeffrey Goldberg, in trying to explain Israeli ...

In Jewish tradition, no enemy looms larger — or carries more theological weight — than Amalek. Described in the Bible as the first nation to attack the Israelites after the Exodus, the Amalekites came ...

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Labeling all enemies of the Jews as Amalekites not only undermines the ethical cornerstone of Judaism but endangers the soul of the Jewish people Synagogues around the world will mark the Sabbath of ...

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You probably are wondering why I am bringing up our despised, eternal enemy Amalek, now, in May. Purim, when we traditionally remember Amalek, is weeks behind us, and we are still recovering from the ...

This week’s Torah reading, Beshalach, describes the glorious Jewish march from Egyptian slavery to freedom. When the Jewish people emerge triumphantly out of the Red Sea, they are finally emancipated ...

In the weeks before Passover, the holiday of Divine Salvation, Jews the world over read four special Torah portions. (These readings are in addition to the regular weekly Torah reading cycle, in which ...

Hashem said to Moshe, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and recite it in the ears of Yehoshua; for I will completely erase the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven” (Shemos 17:14). For most of ...

There are some pretty despicable characters sprinkled throughout the Hebrew Bible; Amalek and his followers are among the worst. Exodus 17:8-16 recounts that, not long after the glorious celebration ...

In his piece, “Netanyahu’s unholy war,” John Nassivera begins by quoting the prime minister’s words to the Israeli people soon after Oct. 7 — “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our ...