The spiritual is believed to have been written by slaves inspired by the story of the Jews' liberation from slavery in Egypt. How The African-American Spiritual 'Go Down Moses' Became Part Of Passover ...

Inspired by a true story, Go Down, Moses is set on a college campus in 1985 and follows ethics professor Philip Hoffman and newly appointed Dean of Students Albert Becker—two men bound by a shared ...

Yisroel Leshes, Assistant Cantor at Lincoln Square Synagogue, has released a video of the African-American spiritual “Go Down, Moses” in Yiddish – with a jazzy twist. Leshes has previously infused ...

Jews around the world celebrate Passover on Friday night. In the U.S., many of them will sing an African-American spiritual. “Go Down Moses“ is believed to have been written around 1800 by slaves ...

Remember highways, those ribbons of concrete that in the 1940s and 50s looped together cities, states, and regions in much the same way as ocean liners connected America to Europe in the 20s and 30s?