I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked into Loren Ludmerer’s Ladue home on a recent Wednesday. Our meeting had been scheduled for 10 a.m. but that morning the rain was coming down hard.  At 7:59 a.m. I got an email from Ludmerer asking if...

Passover is a time that accentuates the importance of oneness and unity.  On seder night, we remember our historic roots and re-experience both the dark days in Egypt and our miraculous redemption from bondage. Jewish people across the globe feel...

The word “seder” means “order,” which pertains to the required sequence of the telling of the story of Passover, no matter the particular Haggadah. Our family has several, including “The Yeshiva University Haggadah,” “A Passover Haggadah”...

(New York Jewish Week) — Rising food prices, increased demand and expiring pandemic aid are putting a crunch on New York City’s kosher food pantries ahead of Passover.   The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, the largest distributor of...

(JTA) – Exactly 100 years ago, in April 1922, my great-grandparents emigrated to the United States with their four children, fearing for their lives in Kremenets, a Russian city in present-day western Ukraine.  My great-grandfather, Aaron Shimon Shpall,...

(JTA) — Rabbi Yael Buechler conceived of her latest product a whole year ago, after planning ways to make the Passover seder fun for her two young sons. But it wasn’t until she started promoting the matzah pajamas she designed that she decided...

This story was originally published on April 8 by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning. Stan and Esther Morhaime reviewed the receipt on the way back to their car. Their stop at a Los Angeles...

United Provisions (6241 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130) is launching a new Passover pop-up shopping experience inside of its grocery store in the Delmar Loop. Starting Monday, a supply of specialty kosher items will be available at the market ahead...

"Sing us a song for the seder, man!" is the central theme behind Jewish a capella greats Six13 newest release for Passover.  "Billy is one of our musical heroes (not to mention a member of the tribe!), so this one's very special to us," writes the...

(JTA) — An Israeli astronaut is making a decidedly low-tech delivery to the International Space Station: handmade matzah. Eytan Stibbe, 64, is one of three astronauts paying for the privilege of launching into space on Friday, in an initiative...