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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (second from left) and Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Amir Baram (second from right) hold a Passover toast with the canine unit and counterterrorism soldiers at the Adam Base on April 3, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu, Gallant hold traditional Passover toasts in sign of unity

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief-of-Staff Maj. Gen. Amir Baram held a traditional Passover toast on Monday with soldiers at the Adam Base, near Modi’in. The...
Haggadah from Fez, Morocco, 20th century. Credit: National Library of Israel.

National Library of Israel expands Sephardic heritage, Spanish-language offerings

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The National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the online availability of its Sephardic Heritage and Spanish-language resources. In time for Passover, these resources include a large selection of Haggadot in the Sephardic tradition, available...
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova was recognized at a diplomatic seder held by the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2022. Photo by Dmitry Shapiro.

Iranian aid to Russia altered Kyiv-Jerusalem relationship, Ukrainian ambassador says

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Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States told a gathering of Jewish media this week that Iran’s partnership with Russia has forced her country and the world to “rethink” how they deal with Iran. Oksana Markarova...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosts a mock Passover Seder at the United Nations with the participation of 70 ambassadors from around the world, March 29, 2023. Credit: Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN.

Erdan holds mock Passover seder at UN attended by 70 ambassadors

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Tuesday hosted a mock Passover seder in the United Nations with the participation of 70 ambassadors from around the world. Traditional holiday foods were served, excerpts...
Cantor Arnold Saltzman in his office at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. in 2019. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

‘Musical retelling’ of Exodus story aims to bridge Jewish, African-American communities

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‘Musical retelling’ of Exodus story aims to bridge Jewish, African-American communities A Chicago pastor who made headlines camping out on the roof of an abandoned motel for 345 days to raise money for a new...
Baking shmurah matzah in Jerusalem for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, April 11, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

New law allows Israeli hospitals to ban chametz during Passover

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The Knesset plenum on Tuesday passed into law a bill to allow hospitals to ban chametz, or leavened foods, during the weeklong Passover holiday that begins on the evening of April 5. Forty-eight Knesset members voted...
The Haggadah is read during the Passover Seder commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

This Passover season, stress the seasonings

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Passover is just a few weeks away; there are signs of it everywhere. Kosher-for-Passover products are prominently displayed in major supermarkets. This year, especially, traditional dishes can be flavored and spiked with never-before-available kosher-for-Passover...
Some of the many kosher-for-Passover snacks on display prior to the holiday, March 2023. Photo by Faygie Holt.

Jewish shoppers struggle with highest prices in recent memory for Passover food

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A woman pushed her shopping cart down an aisle filled with Passover foods in a supermarket in northern New Jersey. She lifted a box of kosher-for-Passover soup mandle—a type of cracker—off the shelf and...
A sketch by Kyiv-born artist Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi in the new Ukrainian-language Passover Hagaddah. Credit: The Kesher Project.

Project Kesher launches first-of-its-kind Ukrainian-language Haggadah

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Project Kesher, the venerable institution that has supported grassroots advocacy for Jewish identity and renewal in post-Soviet states since 1989, has launched a first-of-its-kind Ukrainian-language Haggadah. Purposely designed to help Ukrainian Jews honor their...

Pesach signifies the joining of the Jewish people

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Passover has been described as the “Independence Day of the Jewish People”—the day of our national liberation. It is possible to describe the exodus from Egypt as the moment Jewish peoplehood was founded. The fact...