(JTA) — Between air-raid sirens in Odessa, Svetlana Niselevitch, an 84-year-old Ukrainian-Jewish Holocaust survivor, has been preparing to join a Passover seder for the first time in her life.
“We didn’t observe Jewish traditions in my family,”...
(JTA) — When the war came, Galina Chornobyl fled so fast she left her teeth behind.
That’s one of the first things she shared with me when I met Galina at the Siret border crossing in Romania late last month.
Kyiv had become untenable —...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 14, 2022
Ethan Schuman is a dentist, collector of Judaica, violinist, woodworker and, at this time of year, a matzah maven.
The earthen matzah oven in his University City garage was the subject of a 2016 story in the Jewish Light. Baking matzah from scratch...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 14, 2022
Dear Jewish Light reader,
Please help me put an end to a mystery. I'll just say it straight up, I think the kid, featured on the cover of my very own Maxwell House Haggadah, is now grown up and is a major Hollywood star. Many of his fans simply know...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 14, 2022
You've heard it before. Purim is the Jewish holiday in which the imbibing large amounts of alcohol is practically mandated. But, don't forget about Passover. Four cups of wine? And while no one is suggesting you become farschnickert, Passover is certainly...
Kerri Steinberg, Otis College of Art and Design
• Published April 13, 2022
For more than a millennium, the haggadah has been the centerpiece of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The book sets out the ceremony for the Seder meal, when families tell the biblical Exodus story of God delivering the ancient Israelites from slavery...
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...
MARGI LENGA KAHN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2022
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”...
(JNS) Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers?
If you were one of the 32 souls who traveled with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman to Egypt in January, it’s the fact that you can’t read the Haggadah the same way this year. Because what you...
(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,...
