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The fifth question: Why is this year’s seder so much more expensive than other seders?

The fifth question: Why is this year’s seder so much more expensive than other seders?

Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished April 11, 2022

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 launches its first Passover pop-up

United Provisions launches its first Passover pop-up

Published April 11, 2022

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...

Jewish a capella sensation Six13 returns with new video "A Billy Joel Passover"

Jewish a capella sensation Six13 returns with new video “A Billy Joel Passover”

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 11, 2022

"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...

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

JNSPublished April 11, 2022
Kayco Kosher debuts new lineup of products just in time for Passover 2022 from leading kosher brands like Manischewitz, Gefen, Heaven & Earth and Tuscanini.
An Israeli astronaut is bringing matzah to the International Space Station

An Israeli astronaut is bringing matzah to the International Space Station

Published April 8, 2022

(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...

A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

Published April 8, 2022

(JTA) — Olives. Tomatoes. Oranges. Artichokes. Dates. Cotton balls. And, now, sunflowers. This list might seem like a setup for a logic puzzle or a grocery run. But it is, instead, a (non-exhaustive) list that I have seen of additions to the seder...

(L) Susannah Heschel, who created the ritual of putting on orange on the seder plate in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of Susannah Heschel. (R) Janice Stieber Rous' seder plate. Photo courtesy of Janice Stieber Rous.

The real story behind the orange on the seder plate

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 8, 2022

(JWA) -- Hard-boiled egg—check. Greens—check. Charoset, maror, shank bone—check. These are the traditional seder plate items that represent the themes of Passover. Many people have also adopted the feminist tradition of including an orange... but...

Three generations of Israeli family make a matzah brei you will not want to miss

Three generations of Israeli family make a matzah brei you will not want to miss

Haim Silberstein, Israel21c.orgPublished April 7, 2022

For Passover, ISRAEL21c producer Haim Silberstein begged his mother, Rosie, to share her special family matzah brei recipe with our readers. Haim’s sister, Orna Silberstein, and daughter, Tamar, also joined in the fun. This is nothing like the...

Chickens eating their feed at a poultry plant. Getty Images.

Can’t find poultry for Passover? The kosher chicken shortage, explained

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished April 7, 2022

(JTA) — The reports are coming fast and furious from the Costcos, butcheries and grocery stores of America: Kosher chicken is hard to come by. Facebook groups offer alerts when shelves are restocked. Some stores are limiting purchases; in others,...

Love in a lunch box: Tips for a new Passover tradition

Love in a lunch box: Tips for a new Passover tradition

SUZANNE EPSTEIN-LANG, Special to the Jewish LightPublished April 6, 2022

Though each of my children has gone through brief phases of packing her own lunch or buying at school, I am, for the most part, our family's lunch packer-in-chief. I estimate that I have packed close to 4,000 so far. It is one of my most dreaded...

Mimi David

Like the Hebrew women of Egypt, focus on the bigger picture

MIMI DAVIDPublished April 6, 2022

How did she know That on this journey There would be Cause to sing — “Ashira Lashem” by Ashira Morgenstern (1983) Sometimes, it’s about seeing the bigger picture. It’s about taking a step back and zooming our focus out, off...

Why so many ways to spell matzah?

Why so many ways to spell matzah?

Menachem Posner, Chabad.orgPublished April 6, 2022

(Chabad.org) -- Matzah, the flat unleavened bread eaten on Passover, is a staple of Jewish observance. Yet, there seems to be little consensus on how the name of this humble but beloved food is to be spelled.In the food industry, it is almost always...

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