When Joseph’s brothers arrive searching for food in Parashat Miketz, they do not recognize him. This sets the stage for a series of dramatic familial and personal redemptions. A character often overlooked in this section of Genesis is Judah, who takes responsibility for Benjamin’s safety in Egypt, even though he was the brother who sold Joseph into slavery earlier in the text. Like Judah, Jo March, in the great American coming-of-age novel Little Women, also evolves and discovers a new sense of obligation to her family.
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