The parsha of Yitro records the revolutionary moment when God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, entered into a mutually binding agreement with a nation, the

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Part V The Jewish Leadership Project (https://jewishleadershipproject.org/) “Jewish Americans are living in a state of siege. Nearly every Jewish institution in America now employs security.