Modern Israeli history, barely a century old, is lined with more drama and suspense than most countries will ever experience. The twentieth century witnessed a biblical re-enactment unfold before its very eyes as the Jewish people once again were brought from slavery to freedom in Eretz Israel.
The shadows of the Torah loomed large from the Book of Exodus as the ingathering of Jews streamed from every corner of pogrom-stained Europe and the Arab expulsion. The symbolism was most striking from the Jews escaping Egypt, just as Moses before them, fleeing the persecution they suffered under a king named Farouk, which sounded a little too much like a king named Pharaoh.
