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Khan Sha'ar Hagai. Credit: Judy Lash Balint.

The Khan Sha’ar Hagai Center: Bring Memorial and Independence Day to life

The days around Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism) Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) and Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) are the perfect time to take a trip...
Young participants in March of the Living at the Auschwitz concentration camp site. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

Annual Holocaust march faces major challenge as survivors pass away

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The International March of the Living will take place in Poland on April 28 following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. Despite the ability to gather in person, organizers say they now face a...
Selection of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland during the final phase of the Holocaust in May/June 1944. Credit: Yad Vashem via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Yom Hashoah: A Day to Remember’ online program to feature survivor’s ordeals

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The Touro College Hans Goldschmidt Institute for Human Rights and the Holocaust will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 28 with an online program called “Yom Hashoah 2022: A Day to Remember” from noon to 1:30...
Memorial candle. Credit: Pixabay.

Holocaust survivors to pass torch of remembrance to next generation

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Holocaust survivors from five continents will share their experiences during and after World War II and the Shoah as part of a 10-hour online conversation hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Zikaron BaSalon affiliated with the...
United Arab Emirates Rabbi Levi Duchman (right), and Dubai rabbis Mendel Blau and Mendel Duchman, with handmade shmurah matzah destined for the UAE, Kfar Chabad, Israel, March 21, 2022. Photo by Shneor Shif/Jewish UAE.

Passover in UAE: 1,000 people take part in history-making seder

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More than a thousand people gathered in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on April 15 to celebrate the Passover seder, the largest one to ever take place in the UAE. “Our...
The new Passover Haggadah produced by Chabad.org. Credit: Courtesy.

Why is this Passover different from other Passovers?

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Millions of Jews around the world will soon start celebrating Passover. In the Passover Haggadah, the classic text and centerpiece of the entire evening ritual known as the seder, there is a famous set...

Who was the Exodus Pharaoh?

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It almost seems like a joke. The author of Exodus 5:2 has Pharaoh tell Moses: “Who is this Yahweh that I should obey him and let Israel go?” But by now, more people have...
Rothschild Haggadah, Northern Italy, apparoximately 1450. Credit: Courtesy of the National Library of Jerusalem.

Rare finds online: Haggadot connect Jews to Passover and family history

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Veteran Haggadah collector Ariel Winer was delighted when he learned that Israel’s National Library (NLI) is making some of the world’s most important and exquisite Haggadot available for download at no cost. “They should have done...
Preparing for the Passover seder. Credit: Courtesy of OneTable.

Groups work to enable young Jews to join, host in-person Passover seders

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OneTable and Haggadot.com are partnering this year for Passover to enable Jewish young adults to create, host and participate in meaningful in-person seders with peers. “The traditional message of Passover is about freedom,” says Tirtzah...
Rabbi Berman teaching at Abu Simbel. Photo by Sandor Joffe.

Journeying back to where it all started: Revisiting the Egyptian Exodus

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Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? If you were one of the 32 souls who traveled with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman to Egypt in January, it’s the fact that you can’t read...