We asked a couple of local professionals in early Jewish education for a couple of top picks for children’s Passover books. Here are their recommendations:Leslie Wolf, Director, of the Deutsch Early Childhood Center at Temple Israel and the community-wide...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 25, 2015
As Pesach approaches, local voices in the community confirm that music, participatory elements and good old-fashioned creativity remain the best ways to engage children during a Passover seder.“The overarching method is to do things that are interactive...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — What did I really learn at the seder table? That is, besides discovering that the white horseradish was way hotter than the red and that my very worldly uncles couldn’t read a word of Hebrew.It’s a question worth considering...
BOSTON (JTA) — When Deborah Bodin Cohen immersed herself in rabbinical school in the early 1990s, she expected to spend a year in Israel as part of her studies with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. What she didn’t know was that a...
An appreciation for classics and architecture does not necessarily foster interest in the Passover seder.However, those interests are what have led Michael Hebb, a former restaurateur and the founder of meal-related projects such as Death Over Dinner...
To Baltimore resident Joeann Wallace, selecting a kosher Moscato “is well worth it” for the taste she enjoys. (Hillel Kuttler)BALTIMORE (JTA) – Joeann Wallace sweeps down the right-hand wall of Wells Discount Liquors on a recent weekday afternoon,...
I knew when we got to the drawing of the sad-looking lamb that I had exactly one page before showtime.As the youngest daughter and cousin on both sides of my family, reading the Four Questions was always my job at the Passover seder. Since my severe obsessive-compulsive...
The most ubiquitous symbol of Passover, matzah, is in itself a conundrum. (Shutterstock)JERUSALEM (JTA) — Transitions are never easy.You decide to leave one place that is known to you for some unfamiliar territory. You don’t feel quite like yourself...
Cantor Jenna Greenberg and Rabbi Josh Ginsberg (Marshall Weiss/Dayton Jewish Observer)(The Dayton Jewish Observer/JTA) — Vegetarian food brought Cantor Jenna Greenberg and Rabbi Josh Ginsberg together. The two met as students at the Jewish Theological...
Inbal Jerusalem Hotel (Courtesy photo)At this time of year I always ask around to my friends and neighbors for new and creative Passover recipes – and if I can stand upright after chasing after crumbs of chametz, helping my kids prepare Torah commentary...
A “three-ply” cord is not easily broken. Historians have often asked, “Why are the Jews still here keeping Judaism? What makes them eternal?” Judaism has three traditions woven together that make for a fierce combination. This is one of the reasons...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 9, 2014
Passover is brimming with symbols: the four glasses of wine and the seven foods displayed on the seder plate, karpas (a spring green), maror (bitter herbs), charoset (sweet fruit mixture), zeroah (horseradish root), baytzah (roasted egg), and the three...
