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Another example of Judaism's ruthless treatment of its enemies is the case of the people of Amalek. The Bible records that the nation of Amalek massacred the sick and old among the Israelites when they left Egypt during the Exodus. To punish Amalek, the Israelites were ordered in the book of Exodus to wipe them out. The biblical decree applies even to livestock and to all descendants of Amalek, not just to the actual perpetrators living at the time. Indeed, the commandment to eliminate Amalek from the face of the earth is included among the 613 that Jews...
...book of Exodus not Joshua or Samuel, That the Jews make their covenant with God and receive the divine laws, and it is in Exodus that God tells the Jews, "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt" (22:21) Isaiah urges us to "learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression" (1:17), and the 82nd Psalm echoes the religious responsibility to "Give justice to the weak...maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute...
...quote from Exodus is the most telling about Judaism. As a people that has been oppressed so much for so long, Jews should--and most, I think, do--have a natural sympathy for other people who suffer persecution. Wherever Jews have lived, they have existed as "strangers in the land." Inherent in the religion, inherent in the history of Judaism, is a unity--a solidarity--with those who are oppressed...
...exodus continues today, as the Molson Cup (use your imagination) is on the line when the team gets together for a full-contact, intra-squad contest. Young and Brian Popiel will be drafting teams, and rumor has it that coaches Bill Cleary and Ronn Tomassoni are among those available in the first round...
...since the corporate exodus from South Africa has forced Harvard's investments there down to a paltry $139 million--peanuts to the South African government--Bok surely sees little reason to taking up the issue again...