Tag: Passover
Pesach basics: ‘Alef-bet’ on how to prep a seder at home
The Jewish holiday of Passover—the celebration of Jewish freedom—is traditionally spent with family and friends. But with the coronavirus curtailing travel plans and social interactions, many are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover alone.
“It...
Ahead of Passover, Homeland Security steps up effort to protect Jewish facilities and congregants
Colleyville. Pittsburgh. Poway.
Too many Jewish institutions are wondering if they’ll be next. Too many in Brooklyn, N.Y., and elsewhere already deal with the reality of anti-Semitic attacks that keep on coming.
The federal government says...
Yeshiva University produces Haggadah guide to prompt introspection at seder table
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and rising inflation as Passover approaches, faculty and graduate students of Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education have produced an interactive Haggadah companion that...
Baking matzah in the Gulf
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) announced Sunday that it will bring matzah-making to several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ahead of Passover, which begins on Friday, April 15.
Additionally, the AGJC, the umbrella...
Going a capella for the period of Jewish mourning
When comedian Mendy Pellin posted on Twitter that “Sefira music is the audio equivalents of Pesach cereal,” he was referring to the recent trend of Orthodox singers to produce albums and singles of a capella music...
The most unlikely Passover seder
On the eve of Passover, I was one of 13 people driving through the rolling sand dunes between Abu Dhabi and the remote Arabian Nights Bedouin Village on the way to celebrating a most...
Recipe: Gluten-Free Brownies for Passover
Recipe: Eva Giesener , z”l; Recipe Research and Twist: Jeffery Giesener
“Mit Nuts or Ohne Nut’s”… That what my Mom used to ask us as she always made two batches of her delish brownies for...
Sephardic envy at Passover time
Passover is here, and I am triggered. Every Ashkenazi Jew gets a little Sephardic-envy this time of year thinking about all the rice our fellow Jews will be eating while we suffer through a kitniyot lockdown....
Dolls hanged outside Swedish synagogue during Passover investigated as hate crime
Police in Norrkoping, Sweden, are investigating after someone left a hate-filled message and a group of dolls hanging outside a synagogue there on the first day of Passover.
According to a post from the Anti-Defamation...
Erdoğan wishes ‘all Jews’ a happy Passover
This year, as every year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended to “all our Jewish citizens heartfelt greetings” for Passover, which he took care to mention was one of the most important holidays in...