Posts Tagged: passover
Passover 2002: A Tale of Two Massacres
This Passover marks 21 years since the bombing of the Park Hotel in Netanya, as well as the Battle of Jenin. While both events were termed...
CNN Runs Cartoon Depicting Passover Seder Amid a Sea of Blood
JNS.org - If CNN needs to flirt with antisemitic tropes to report on controversial Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, what does that say about the network? In...
Israel Is ‘Preserving the Status Quo’ at Jerusalem’s Holy Site
i24 News – Israel emphasized earlier this week a long-standing ban on Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, rejecting an Arab League accusation that...
Renewed Clashes at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
i24 News – Clashes renewed Friday morning between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. According to Ynetnews, dozens of Palestinian worshipers gathered...
Israel Won’t Tolerate Calls Supporting Violence in Jerusalem, Lapid Tells Blinken
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday that Israel will not accept statements encouraging the uptick in violence in Jerusalem in recent days, calling instead for...
Second Israeli Astronaut at First Passover Seder in Space: ‘No Dream Is Beyond Reach’
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe on Friday conducted the first Seder night in space while eating handmade matzah and talking about the Passover values of freedom...
Israeli Police Arrest Nine as Palestinians Seethe Over Jerusalem Shrine
Israeli riot police faced off with fireworks-hurling Palestinians in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday as a visit by Jews to a disputed...
A Passover Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some helpful things to know ahead of Passover 2022: 1. Some 3,600 years ago, the Passover Exodus catapulted the Jewish people from the lowest...
Don’t Let Your Seder Be a Bore
The text of the Haggadah that we use on Passover goes back a thousand years, although its origins are Mishnaic -- 2,000 years ago. It...
Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Passover Message
With Passover approaching, it is timely to revisit Zionist ideologue Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Passover message. Jabotinsky wrote about Passover in an article titled, "Four Sons," which...
Survey: Nearly All Israeli Jews Will Join a Passover Seder, Even if Some Won’t Enjoy It
Over 96 percent of Israeli Jews plan to sit down and participate in a Passover Seder on Friday evening, while only 87.5 percent say they...
Israel’s National Library Makes Rare Editions of Haggadah Available for Download Before Passover
In advance of the upcoming Passover holiday, the National Library of Israel is making some of the world’s most admired, rare, and valuable editions of...
Passover Can Lead Us to Experience Our Own Personal Redemption
For as long as there have been historians and archaeologists, ancient Egypt has been an object of fascinated study and research. During the earliest era...
Amid Public Row, Survey Finds More Israelis Oppose Bringing Chametz to Hospitals During Passover
More Israelis believe that leavened foods should not be allowed into public institutions, such as hospitals and military bases, during the seven-day Passover holiday, a...
