Israelites
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For those in the West, our understanding of man and the cosmos has unfolded in our inheritances from the Israelites, Greeks and Romans across the millennia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that celebrates the fall harvest and commemorates the biblical story of the Israelites wandering in the desert for 40 years after escaping slavery in Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024
Observant Jews avoid grains known as chametz, a reminder of the unleavened bread the Israelites ate when they fled Egypt quickly with no time for dough to rise.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024
In the Book of Samuel, Israelites importune its eponymous judge to “Give us a king to rule over us, like all the other nations.”
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
We were Christians, but we were mimicking the ways of the Israelites when they wandered in the desert without a home.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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