Tag: Passover
Egypt was not the last time: Iran and the Passover story
Every year, my extended Persian-Jewish family gathers around beautiful, intricate Passover seder tables. Let’s be real: we can’t all fit at one table.
Piles of Saran-wrapped scallions sit in the center, waiting to be snatched...
National Library of Israel reveals Iranian Haggadah with Persian poem
The National Library of Israel has uncovered a rare handwritten Passover Haggadah published in the 1880s containing a Judeo-Persian poem dedicated to Lady Judith Montefiore (1784-1862), highlighting the far-reaching influence of the Montefiore family...
Why does this Passover seem different from all other Passovers?
And yet we are not fully at rest. I write these words to the soundtrack of freedom’s price: fighter jets overhead, air-raid sirens, ambulances racing past. These are not abstract sounds of war. They...
Mamdani, Menin slated to aid in Passover food distribution in Brooklyn on Sunday
Both Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, and Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, listed on their schedules that they intended to aid in food distribution for Passover at Chasdei...
Purim’s Done, Pesach Comes – by Dennis A Gura
purim's done,
nissan's here,
pesach comes,
pivot.
time to prep,
schedule cleaning,
wipe down the shelves,
pull out the dishes.
crack open the guides,
check the haggadot,
draw up the guest list.
busy, busy, busy
plan, shop, clean
rush, prep, clean.
tradition dictates
we study the text
a bit before;
it...
Prague Haggadah, which turns 500 this year, ‘created mold from which Haggadot would be...
When Edward J. Lewith emigrated to Charleston, S.C., from Europe in the late 19th century, he brought a copy of the Prague Haggadah, printed by Gershom Cohen in 1526, with him.
“It was clearly a...
What would Tucker Carlson learn at my Passover seder table?
_“Chabad has been pushing in a pretty subtle way, unless you look carefully, for the_ _reconstruction of the Third Temple.” — Tucker Carlson, March 4, 2026_
If this year, former _Fox News_ host and current...
In age of AI images, actors, politicians issue unusual Passover messages
U.S. Central Command, politicians in Florida, New York, Texas and the Netherlands, and two prominent Jewish actors were among those who posted curious Passover messages.
William Shatner, of "Star Trek" fame, wished followers a happy Passover from...
Passover emphasizes the communal identity of the Jewish people
Many in Israel are focusing their Passover thoughts on the 59 Israelis still languishing in Hamas captivity. Unsurprisingly, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum recently published a new Haggadah that tells the holiday story...
A Passover lesson for Jews who oppose Trump more than antisemitism
Is there such a thing as being too opposed to antisemitism? Can fighting those who call for the genocide of Jews be somehow bad for the Jews? Is it better to let bigotry flourish...