This week’s portion, Pekude, covers the last chapters of Exodus and so is a good place to try to draw some general lessons from our story of stories. The poets have been finding metaphors and similes ...

The story of Moses, the reluctant prince-turned-prophet who freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt, is being retold in a new film. “Exodus: Gods and Kings” marks the third major studio film of 2014 ...