(JTA) — Social distancing, stress, fear, a real-life plague — Passover amid the COVID-19 outbreak is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. As many Jews across the country and the world prepare to hold seders on their own, apart from family...
(J. The Jewish News of Northern California) — How long does a seder really have to be? “No, we can’t just say ‘They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!” I tell my daughters. There’s some negotiation until I promise it’ll be 10 minutes....
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2020
What frightening and challenging times we are living in, when our daily lingo now includes “social distancing,” “self-quarantining” and “sheltering in place.”One of the four questions asked each year at the Passover seder is, “How is this...
(JTA) — Rena Munster was looking forward to hosting a Passover seder for the first time.In past years, her parents or another relative hosted the meal. But this year she had invited her parents, siblings and other extended family to her Washington,...
By Corinne Darvish, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 19, 2019
I love seder. I look forward to it all year. The heaping platters of rice, some colored and flavored with the beautiful essence of saffron, with sautéed julienne carrots and kidney beans mixed in, others with raisins and cinnamon. Helping prepare, I...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published April 18, 2019
This story was originally published on April 18, 2019.
Steven Gold says horseradish got its name because it’s the “galloping root. It used to grow wild.”
Other sources provide different origin stories, but regardless, the vegetable, now grown...
(JTA) — There are several do’s and don’ts when it comes to the Passover seder: what we may or may not eat, and the story we are obliged to tell. Within these guidelines, how do 21st-century American Jews manage to keep Passover engaging and alive?Some...
By Ryan Silver, Freshman, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published April 11, 2019
Almost 3,000 years ago, the Jewish people were freed from slavery in Egypt. Since then, Jews across the world have celebrated Passover to remember the historic event. Passover begins on the 15th night of Nisan — this year at sundown Friday, April 19...
By Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose
• Published April 11, 2019
Without question, the night of the Passover seder is among the most powerful experiences of the entire year. We daven, sing, eat, discuss, debate and methodically make our way through the Haggadah and a long night filled with rituals, customs and practices...
By Emily Aronoff Teck, Kveller via JTA
• Published April 11, 2019
No joke: I love hosting the Passover seder.I love feeding people — I’m both Jewish and Southern, so this is deeply engrained in me. I love educating people, and I love being Jewish, so the seder is a perfect opportunity to gather the ones I love for...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published April 11, 2019
We have been hosting first-night seder on Pesach for more years than I can even recall. Sometimes we have a crowd around our limited-seating dining room table, and other years have been more intimate. However, it never fails that something will always...
OCEANSIDE, N.Y. (JTA) — Nine years ago, Ellen Grossman wanted to do something special for her birthday.“I said we’ve had enough parties and enough pocketbooks and enough jewelry — do something different,” the Great Neck resident recalled.So...
