Moses, his African wife and conversion to Judaism

An alternative commentary on Shemot (Exodus 1:1–6:1)

Every week, the Jewish people read a portion of the Torah in their synagogues and write accompanying written commentaries known as Divrei Torah. You are about to read the first in a series of my own, written in my typically combative style.

This week, we are reading from "Shemot" from the start of the book of Exodus (chapters 1:1-6:1). It retells the beg…