By Leah Koenig, MyJewishLearning
• Published March 30, 2011
NEW YORK -- One of the dirty little secrets about the Jewish calendar is that many of the holidays have agricultural subtexts, which over time have been muted or lost completely under the historical and religious themes that were layered on top of them....
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 25, 2010
The Hebrew word seder means order. Thus the irony of my seder menu ideas, which jump from soup to nuts. Literally. From chicken soup to charoses (with nuts), and then on to Shmura matzahs and matzah toffee. Fasten your seatbelts. Chicken soup advice from...
BY SUSAN FADEM, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 25, 2010
Talk about piggybacking, or more like "brisket-backing," on a holiday to build brand loyalty. More than 75 years ago, Maxwell House Coffee teamed up with Joseph Jacobs Advertising, then located on New York's immigrant-teeming Lower East Side, to produce...
BY VICTORIA SIEGEL, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 17, 2010
Tradition. As Tevye sings in "Fiddler on the Roof," tradition is the reason for many of the customs Jews practice. Passover, in particular, is a holiday that overflows with customs involving everything from the food to the guests at the table. In addition,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 20, 2009
If not for her participation in Cultural Leadership, Ashaki Hall, 17, says she would not be bold enough to respectfully object when she hears inappropriate remarks that reflect racial or cultural bias. "We're learning how African-Americans and Jewish...
There was a time, not too long ago, when forbidden foods on Passover far outnumbered permitted foods, and familiar products and brands far outnumbered the rest. Shenberg's in the University City Loop was the source for Passover foods in St. Louis, where,...
BY VICTORIA SIEGEL, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 15, 2008
Matzo balls. Matzo brie. Matzo crackers. Matzo meal. It's enough to make your colon close up shop for a week. In addition to a week's worth of non-nutritious matzo, Jews who observe the dietary restrictions of Pesach are deprived of digestion-healthy,...
BY JILL KASSANDER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 15, 2008
One of the unique challenges at Passover Seders is the variety of ages and attention spans found around the table. It is a time when families and friends come together and it isn't unusual to find a guest or two or more -- some of whom may not be Jewish....
Sun, sand and seders. Sound a bit discordant? It makes perfect sense to those who have experienced one of the exciting Passover vacation packages now being offered aboard luxury cruise liners and in lavish hotels in exotic locations. These packages offer...
Light, dense, airy, hard, fluffy, doughy. We all have our own adjectives to describe the perfect matzo ball. With Passover only weeks away, I embarked on a quest for the perfect matzo ball. I started my search in Chicago at the legendary Manny's Cafeteria...
Welcome to Passover, a seven-day matzah festival in which Jews everywhere remember their history of slavery and celebrate their freedom by concocting appetizing ways to eat the plain crackers for an entire week. And like every other symbolic Jewish food,...
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- Why is April 3 different from all other nights in April? On this night Conservative, Orthodox and some Reconstructionist Jews outside Israel will sit down to their second Passover seder, while Reform and Israeli Jews will eat as...
