Tag: Pesach
IDF soldiers at Gaza border shared in Passover seder
Even those soldiers who fought to protect Israel’s border with Gaza on the night of Passover last Friday were able to celebrate a kosher Passover seder, according to an announcement by the Israel Defense...
Pope Francis sends Passover greetings to Rome’s Jewish Community
Pesach, or Passover, is an eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates how God freed the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt, as recounted in the Old Testament Book of Exodus.
“May the Almighty bless and accompany...
The Sephardic Children’s Haggadah Shel Pesach Large Gift Edition
Watch the Seder come to life for you and your child with The Hidary Family Edition of The Sephardic Children's Haggadah.
This Haggadah teaches the child, as well as the adult, all the seder preparations,...
Richmond Jewish congregation welcomes refugees to Passover ritual
They lit candles, praying that those suffering around the world find light in the darkness. Dipping karpas into salt water, they saw the tears of all who suffer injustice.
Abdul Jalal Hashimi then watched the...
Students, Community Celebrate Passover at the Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas
For the UA Jewish community, spring is a time of holy tradition, community and storytelling with the annual celebration of Passover.
Rachel Ungar, a UA Junior and president of the Hillel Jewish Student Association, said...
Passover Is Important, But My Kids Don’t Know Why
My kids could care less that they're Jewish.
They associate it with having to go to Hebrew School, which, let's face it, I didn't like either when I was a kid. But eventually, their attitude...
Nietzsche and Pesach: How the Exodus Ruined Everything
Frederick Nietzsche believed that the Egyptians were blond.
My apologies; I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning:
Despite what people sometimes claim, Frederick Nietzsche wasn’t an anti-Semite. To the contrary, he was strongly...
Celebrating Communal Values this Passover
JCRC has been extra busy these first few months of 2017 advocating on behalf of our community both here and in Israel. We hosted an extraordinarily well-attended and impactful Jewish Community Forum with support...
President Trump (and His Jewish Daughter and Son-in-Law) Skipped the White House Passover Seder
President Donald Trump did not attend the annual White House Passover Seder held on Monday night, a spokeswoman confirms to PEOPLE.
His daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are both Jewish, also skipped the event,...
The Plague of Darkness continues
Pesach is known as the Festival of Freedom. For Jews who live in the Diaspora, this means freeing themselves from living in foreign lands amidst the gentiles and coming home to the Land of...