Thursday, March 28, 2013

The chametz within

by Chazzan Danny Maseng

Rejoice! Spring has arrived, and Pesach is here. The time of our liberation is at hand. The Exodus from our narrow straits is re-enacted once more.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Save the self-pity, choices abound for Passover meals

by Helen Nash, JTA

For the many who feel overwhelmed by Passover because of the demands of cooking without leaven, a word or two: That should not be an obstacle.

Friday, March 22, 2013

For your seder table

The following text is excerpted from “The Bronfman Haggadah,” written by Edgar Bronfman with illustrations by Jan Aronson (Rizzoli, 2012).

Friday, March 22, 2013

New role for Moses

By Tom Teicholz

For Passover this year, Rizzoli has just released “The Bronfman Haggadah,” written by the businessman, philanthropist and Jewish community leader. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

On slavery and memory

By David Suissa

Judaism is a religion that likes symbols. The Passover Seder table is full of them: There’s the salt that can represent tears or bitterness, the. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Passover 5773: Once we were slaves in Egypt, and now we are free

by Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

Every Passover, we gather with family and friends around the Seder table to read the inspiring foundational story of our people’s liberation from. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

For we were strangers

by Rachel Kantrowitz

When I first began taking trips to West Africa while working on my doctorate in African history, I assumed that while there I would keep my Judaism. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Four questions of Miriam

by isabel kaplan, Contributing Writer

The name “Miriam” stems from the Hebrew word for “bitter” (mar), and Miriam has every right to feel that way.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Egyptian exodus comes to Westwood

by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer

With focused eyes and wide smiles, a sea of preschoolers in white baker’s hats worked slowly, carefully kneading and flattening the dough that. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

JFS brings seders to seniors

by Kylie Jane Wakefield, Contributing Writer

For 34 years, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS) has been holding seders for senior citizens across the Los Angeles area, sponsoring services. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

The story of Passover Coca-Cola

by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer

It contains pure cane sugar, is chametz-free, may taste better than the year-round beverage — and is effectively off-limits in the state of. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Passover Coca-Cola Challenge [VIDEO]

by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer

That Passover Coke tastes better than the year-round version is so often heard in Jewish circles that the Journal decided to hold a “Passover. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Children’s books make Passover come alive

by Penny Schwartz, JTA

Years ago, Nancy Steiner set out to make her family seder a bit more entertaining for her young kids. She wrote a poem that became very popular among. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Matzah: Simple cracker, detailed story

by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer

The matzah aisle in any local kosher supermarket — even some nonkosher ones — is increasingly more likely to resemble a cereal aisle with its. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Pesach without wine

by Rabbi Mark Borovitz

How can we have Passover without wine? This is a question that is asked of me each year as Passover approaches. I always answer that the blessing is. . .

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Sober seders spreading

by Gil Shefler, JTA

It’s rare that an Orthodox rabbi chooses to omit an important Jewish ritual in his holiday celebrations.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Eating Jerusalem [PASSOVER RECIPES]

by Joan Nathan

When I lived in Jerusalem in the 1970s, working as foreign press attaché for Teddy Kollek, the legendary mayor of Jerusalem, we would seek out good. . .

Thursday, March 14, 2013

2013 Passover calendar

By Ryan Torok

Celebrate Passover, Shabbat and family during a Tot Shabbat with Rabbi Karen Bender, Cantor Alison Wissot and Len Levitt and the Levitty Puppets.. . .

Thursday, March 14, 2013

On kibbutz, secular seders stray from tradition

by Ben Sales, JTA

The families surround long tables covered by white tablecloths. Festive decorations line the walls, and the kitchen is free of chametz, the leavened. . .

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Kosher – Farm to table

by Zan Romanoff, Contrbuting Writer

Jewish holidays are full of symbolic foodstuffs: We are people of the mouth and stomach at least as much as the people of the book. Passover provides. . .

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Kosher caterer and restaurateur Alain Cohen brings family tradition to his menus, especially at his own Passover seder

by Jessica Ritz, Contributing Writer

It’s late afternoon and the staff at Got Kosher? Café is under the impression that the kitchen isn’t yet able to prepare brik until dinner. . .

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Preparing for spring and the festival of indigestion

by Darcy Vebber, Contrbuting Writer

Uri Laio, proprietor of Brassica and Brine, which calls itself a micro-craft food business, stands at the front of a small crowd gathered to learn. . .

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The art of Passover baking [RECIPES]

By Judy Zeidler

Passover, the Festival of Freedom — also known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread — is celebrated for eight days. Over the centuries, Jewish. . .

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Step Into ‘Exodus’ at the Skirball Cultural Center

by Edmon J. Rodman, Contributing Writer

This Passover, to take your first steps toward an L.A. Exodus — fulfilling the haggadah’s edict that each person must see themselves as if they. . .