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January 19, 2024

Matzah, the Exodus, and the Roots of Anti-Semitism

A lesson from a heroic priest and the New York Times.

Tomorrow, synagogues will read Exodus 10:1–13:16, which includes the commandment to eat matzah on Passover. That makes this a particularly appropriate time to remember Don Gaetano Tantalo, an Italian Catholic priest who saved the lives of seven Jews by hiding them for nine months during World War II. Meir Soloveichik writes:

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