Wednesday, April 11, 2012
This year, more Angelenos than ever get Passover aid from local agencies
By Ryan Torok
This year, more than 1,000 Los Angeles families in need received food from organizations that provide assistance specifically for Passover.. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
How vegans do Passover
by Gary Smith
Holidays like Passover are a difficult time for Jewish vegans and animal activists, a time of mixed emotions. As much as we love and find relevance. . .
Monday, April 9, 2012
Jewish man in Kiev attacked after seder
JTA
A Jewish man was attacked after he left a seder at a synagogue in Kiev.. . .
Monday, April 9, 2012
Mishap leaves Israeli brigade with seder meal of matzah and salami
JTA
Israeli soldiers in the Kfir Brigade ate salami and matzah for their seder meal after a base chef heated up the real seder food inappropriately,. . .
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Karaite-style Passover recipes
by Amy Gazzar and Remy Pessah
To make sure that dough does not rise, matzah should be put in the oven within 10 minutes of adding water.. . .
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Obama posts Passover message, to host seder
JTA
President Obama will host a seder at the White House on the first night of Passover.. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Politics on the Bimah
by Rabbi Paul Kipnes
“Keep the politics off the bimah.” We hear this in the synagogue whenever a rabbi speaks on a topic nearing the intersection of Jewish values and. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Lost in translation
By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
“Our Passover seder is translated into Arabic,” I used to tell my friends in school. “Arabic?” they responded in bewilderment. “That’s so. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Jewish-Japanese seder honors Boyle Heights history
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Tess Friedman passes Ethel Kamiyama a bowl of charoset, and Kimayama spreads a spoonful of the fruit and nut paste onto her shard of matzah. Kamiyama. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Israeli needy to receive voucher for Passover food
JTA
Israel's Social Affairs Minister Moshe Kahlon said his ministry will provide needy Israelis with a magnetic card to purchase food at local stores. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Recipes to please the crowd and de-stress the chef
by Jamie Geller, JTA
Passover may be the mother of all kitchen yontifs — but stay cool, and don’t stress. Here are some of my favorite recipes from last Passover that. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
At Passover, let my people go south
by Ben Harris, JTA
Passover celebrates the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, their wandering in the desert for 40 years, and their ultimate deliverance. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The mitzvah of maror
by Linda Cohen
“The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.”. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Liberation
By David Suissa
It’s fashionable to look at Passover as a universal idea. This makes sense; after all, how much more universal can you get than the theme of human. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Coming to a seder near you: A haggadah on your iPad
By Jonah Lowenfeld
This Passover, Jews can still reliably be called “the people of the book.” If sales of newly published versions of the haggadah are any. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
My family’s Karaite-style Passover
by Brenda Gazzar, Contributing Writer
Never mind the gefilte fish and brisket, the mass-produced, cardboard-like matzah and the kosher-for-Passover wine. Instead, Passover seder at my. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
DIYers take on Pesach
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
At first glance, it’s hard to tell if Eileen Levinson’s Alternative Seder Plate is deeply thoughtful or merely playful. Or perhaps just coolly. . .
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
N.Y. police beefing up security ahead of Passover
JTA
The New York Police Department is increasing its security at synagogues and Jewish sites for Passover.. . .
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Ethiopian emigres hold model seders
JTA
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel held model seders in absorption centers throughout the country in preparation for their first Passover in Israel.. . .
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Singles at Passover saying so long to cell phone, Facebook contacts
JTA
While Passover is the time to clean out chametz, single Jews apparently will be cleaning out their social lives.. . .
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Questionable behavior for after the seder
by Edmon J. Rodman, JTA
Why is the day after the seder different from all other days? Is it because we are exhausted? Or our clothes no longer button? Possibly. More likely,. . .
Monday, April 2, 2012
How not to feel like a matzah ball on Passover
by Elisa Spungen Bildner, JTA
It's April and steel shopping carts clang and collide like bumper cars in the kosher-for-Passover aisle of my local supermarket. Even in this mob I. . .
Friday, March 30, 2012
The last night in Egypt: Reliving the Exodus
by David Arnow, JTA
The Passover Haggadah challenges us not just to remember the pain of slavery and the joy of freedom, but to relive the journey from one state to the. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
2012 Passover Calendar
By Ryan Torok
For the second consecutive year, Stephen S. Wise Temple’s Women of Wise, an intergenerational social action group, and the Dolores Mission Church. . .
