Amalek

We should know that the term Amalek is bad not just because of whom it targets, but because of the violence it justifies.

What Happens When We Call People 'Amalek'

Zack Parker

July 17, 2013

For those who don't know, 'Amalek' is the term used to describe those who need to be wiped from the face of the Earth.

What Happens When We Call People 'Amalek'

Zack Parker

July 17, 2013

Amalek, the Bible tells us, is an evil nation that is to be wiped out completely.

What Happens When We Call People 'Amalek'

Zack Parker

July 17, 2013

He then went on to compare us to Amalek, the Biblical nation that God commands the Jews to annihilate.

A Confession on the Ninth of Av

Samuel Lebens

July 15, 2013

Like Amalek, the Biblical evil-doer whose name we are enjoined to “blot out.”

How Do We Deal with the Baseless Hatred at the Western Wall?

Emily L. Hauser

July 12, 2013

Shall we suffer the Prelatist altar to be preserved by these sons of Amalek?

Much as Amalek may injure me, I must acquit him of treason and of baseness.'

She was the daughter of Amalek, the daughter of a thousand chiefs.

The war with Amalek succeeded the first; the embassy to Edom followed the second.

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.