http://jewschool.com/2006/01/19/9935/strains-of-freedom-prayers/ Progressive Jews & Judaism Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://jewschool.com/2006/01/19/9935/strains-of-freedom-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-61355 4jkb4ia Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:14:33 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=9935#comment-61355 Good start! Parshas Shmos can be read very simply as an analogue to all kinds of freedom movements. In fact I asked my husband what would be an analogy to Pharaoh refusing the straw for bricks. The very next day we saw the story about Medicare falling through on getting schizophrenic medication, and we knew. The role of prayer in the story needs to be brought out. Good start! Parshas Shmos can be read very simply as an analogue to all kinds of freedom movements. In fact I asked my husband what would be an analogy to Pharaoh refusing the straw for bricks. The very next day we saw the story about Medicare falling through on getting schizophrenic medication, and we knew. The role of prayer in the story needs to be brought out.

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