BOSTON (JTA) — Four questions. Four cups of wine. Four types of children. At Passover, the number four figures prominently in the rituals of the seder, the ceremonial holiday meal that can be mesmerizing and mystifying.Four new delightful and brightly...
(JTA) — Although Jews have celebrated Passover by reading from the Haggadah in one form or another for 2,000 years, Jewish organizations and publishers strive each year to connect the holiday to modern times with fresh Haggadahs as well as supplements.If...
By Rebecca Rosenthal, Kveller via JTA
• Published April 6, 2017
If your Passover seder is anything like mine, it can resemble the world’s most difficult classroom: different ages, ranging from 3 to 93, and varying levels of interest. Some want to read and discuss every word in the Haggadah, some just want to get...
The writer, second from right, and her family at Game 4 of the World Series, Oct. 29, 2016. (Courtesy of Molly Tolsky)NEW YORK (JTA) — Since leaving my beloved Chicago for New York nearly seven years ago, there have been a few consistent reasons for...
What’s the best way to lead a Passover seder? (Lior Zaltzman)LOS ANGELES (JTA) — What kind of leadership style works best for a seder? During a period when we are experiencing a shake-up in national leadership, you may want to re-examine the relationship...
(JTA) — From the wizardry of Harry Potter that echoes with Passover’s themes to a cartoon frog who wisecracks his way through the seder, this year’s new crop of Passover books for kids offers something for all ages and interests.The selection of...
Social justice-themed Haggadahs can help make the Passover story more relevant to today’s world. (Top left, clockwise: Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Charles McQuillan/Getty Images; Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images; Mark Renders/Getty Images)NEW YORK (JTA) —...
Passover is about relationships. Over and over, the Torah expresses the Passover Seder in intergenerationally related terms, such as: “When your child shall ask you, ‘What is this service’ ” and, “And you shall say to them, ‘With a strong...
We get it: Most Jewish families don’t yearn to make their Passover seders longer.But there’s an entire world of seder upgrades and supplements out there providing myriad creative ways to freshen up the age-old tale of the Jews’ liberation from slavery...
A sample Yoffi Passover gift box (Yoffi)Next year in Jerusalem… but this year, you’ll finally get it together and bring a little something for the folks nice enough to invite you to their seder.True, it’s not specifically a Jewish custom to bring...
Megan Rubenstein, Sophomore, Parkway North
• Published April 16, 2016
Every spring, Jewish people across the globe throw out their leavened bread and begin a week of eating matzah, matzah, and more matzah. Known as Passover, this Jewish holiday is when friends, family and members of the St. Louis community gather for seders.Some...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2016
Centuries of religious intolerance and oppression forced generation upon generation of our ancestors to flee their lands in search of some sanctuary in the Diaspora where they could live in peace as Jews. And along the way, they developed unique cuisines...
