Perhaps Yitro was not just looking for a God to believe in but a nation to be part of. In the splitting of the sea and the war of Amalek, Jethro found a special destiny embedded in Jewish peoplehood, ...

Since Beinart sees quoting rabbis as proper, he should know that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in his Kol Dodi Dofek, Chapter 10, explained regarding the commandment to destroy Amalek that he agreed ...

Amalek attacked the Jews as a means of warring against our Divine Patron - Hashem Himself. That war against G-d Himself and ...