Such a terrific podcast, Daniel! I’d recognize your distinctive voice, anywhere! The story you tell in your podcast is quite fascinating as well as inspiring. I didn’t know that only 1/5th of the Israelite former slaves left Egypt or that some Egyptians went with them. Nor was I aware the Egyptian people loved Moses. This was all new to me. It puts the Exodus story in a whole new light! I wonder what became of those who stayed behind or if they eventually joined their brethren in the Promised Land?
It’s sad and ironic the Egyptians of ancient times looked upon Moses and the Israelites with favor as today there are a grand total of 15 Jews living in all of Egypt. The vast majority of Egyptian Jews were pushed out of Egypt in the 1950s after Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power.
They were joined by hundreds of thousands of Brits, Frenchmen, Greeks, Armenians, and Maltese who were also expelled as Nasser and his government sought to rid the Land of the Pharaohs of its population of foreign nationals. It’s sad that the Egyptian Jewish community did not have the public support that Moses’ people did back in Antiquity. How soon they forget!
I was unaware of Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to the the textile workers in Lancashire. Nor had I seen the photo you provided before. He cared about the textile workers in Lancashire just as much as he did his own people. Even though his boycott was putting them out of business and would throw them out of work, they didn’t care they loved him all the same. Like the Egyptians admiring Moses, they saw him as a freedom fighter who stood for people like them. The common folk of Egypt identified with the Israelites and the factory workers of Lancashire with the Indian people.
It’s too bad India went all to pieces after the British left. India simply wasn’t ready to be an independent country in 1947. The partition turned into a bloodbath. There are only two scenarios under which I could see India going down a different, better path. 1) The British stay longer. 2) This scenario: Gandhi is never assassinated. This way he lives to lead India in the future. Muhammad Jinnah dies in the 1940s and the Muslim League loses its influence among Muslims. As a result there is greater harmony between Hindus and Muslims.
India would be in MUCH better shape without the communal riots, the partition and the wars with Pakistan. It would also help if Nehru never gave Kabo Valley and coco islands to Myanmar, if the Indian government had implemented KT Shah’s reforms and India is victorious over China in the November 1962 war. India should also have remained non-aligned. Lal Bahadur Shastri living, India being able to consolidate the princely states without foreign interference and getting assistance from a western power to help train their government and military would help too.
Such a terrific podcast, Daniel! I’d recognize your distinctive voice, anywhere! The story you tell in your podcast is quite fascinating as well as inspiring. I didn’t know that only 1/5th of the Israelite former slaves left Egypt or that some Egyptians went with them. Nor was I aware the Egyptian people loved Moses. This was all new to me. It puts the Exodus story in a whole new light! I wonder what became of those who stayed behind or if they eventually joined their brethren in the Promised Land?
It’s sad and ironic the Egyptians of ancient times looked upon Moses and the Israelites with favor as today there are a grand total of 15 Jews living in all of Egypt. The vast majority of Egyptian Jews were pushed out of Egypt in the 1950s after Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power.
They were joined by hundreds of thousands of Brits, Frenchmen, Greeks, Armenians, and Maltese who were also expelled as Nasser and his government sought to rid the Land of the Pharaohs of its population of foreign nationals. It’s sad that the Egyptian Jewish community did not have the public support that Moses’ people did back in Antiquity. How soon they forget!
I was unaware of Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to the the textile workers in Lancashire. Nor had I seen the photo you provided before. He cared about the textile workers in Lancashire just as much as he did his own people. Even though his boycott was putting them out of business and would throw them out of work, they didn’t care they loved him all the same. Like the Egyptians admiring Moses, they saw him as a freedom fighter who stood for people like them. The common folk of Egypt identified with the Israelites and the factory workers of Lancashire with the Indian people.
It’s too bad India went all to pieces after the British left. India simply wasn’t ready to be an independent country in 1947. The partition turned into a bloodbath. There are only two scenarios under which I could see India going down a different, better path. 1) The British stay longer. 2) This scenario: Gandhi is never assassinated. This way he lives to lead India in the future. Muhammad Jinnah dies in the 1940s and the Muslim League loses its influence among Muslims. As a result there is greater harmony between Hindus and Muslims.
India would be in MUCH better shape without the communal riots, the partition and the wars with Pakistan. It would also help if Nehru never gave Kabo Valley and coco islands to Myanmar, if the Indian government had implemented KT Shah’s reforms and India is victorious over China in the November 1962 war. India should also have remained non-aligned. Lal Bahadur Shastri living, India being able to consolidate the princely states without foreign interference and getting assistance from a western power to help train their government and military would help too.
Thanks so much for your kind words and enlightening extra details Noah. How are you doing?
Very well, thank you!
I’ve always wondered at an earlier part in Exodus when Moses goes up to Canaan and is considered to be an Egyptian while helping some women draw water
Hi Bisson, yes that was in Midian where he me met his wife.