The Foreigner Within

Yitro | Exodus, Shemos | 5772

The division between our Jewish and non-Jewish sides, using the arrival of Jethro at the Jewish camp as a lens. Jethro's declaration upon hearing of the Exodus that now he knows G-d is greater than all other powers is presented as the voice of the universal within the particular Jewish experience.

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