Posts Tagged: passover
From Passover to the Holocaust: The Ongoing Jewish Story of Redemption
JNS.org - Last Friday night, Jews around the world once again sat at the seder table and retold the Passover narrative -- the dramatic story of...
Netanyahu in Passover Greeting: Story of the Jewish People ‘Has No Parallel’
Newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a Passover greeting in a video published on social media on Friday, ahead of the start of...
Nineteen Ways You Know It’s Passover in Israel
JNS.org - If you’ve never heard an Arab calling out alter zachen (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you’ve never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. It’s...
Why Do We Eat Matzah on Passover? For Humility
The Talmud, in tractate Berachoth (17a), poses the question of why it is forbidden to eat or even to possess chametz on Pesach. What is there...
Setting Aside a Matzah for Israel’s Remaining Missing Soldiers
JNS.org - Standing among thousands at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, I felt that an important piece of my life was coming full-circle....
A Pesach Lesson From Entebbe
Last month, former airline pilot Michel Bacos died in France at the age of 94. Although Bacos had been retired for many years, his extraordinary...
Jewish Group at University of Maryland Laments ‘Insensitive’ Plan for BDS Vote on Passover
A resolution supporting the controversial boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel will be considered by student leaders at the University of Maryland next...
Passover’s History in America: A Guide for the Perplexed
1. The early Pilgrims and Founding Fathers of the US were inspired by Passover's message of optimism while facing severe challenges and threats. Moses and...
How to Make This Year’s Seder a Meaningful One
For some of us, every minute of the two seder nights is an absolute delight. Even the preparation and the cleaning. There is no other...
Bubbe’s Passover, Circa 2019: Feeding the Soul While Staying Healthy
JNS.org - Sweet gefilte fish with a dollop of eye-watering horseradish. Fluffy matzah balls floating in golden chicken soup. Raisin-dotted matzah kugel, tangy stuffed cabbage,...
With New Foods and More, Passover Evolves Every Year
JNS.org - When food-industry insiders entered the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey for the annual Kosherfest trade show back in November, you could...
Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover
JNS.org - “There’s no place like home," said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said,...
Passover: Slaves or Pagans?
The Four Questions that are asked in the Haggadah act as an introduction to the ideas behind the festival of Passover. These questions were already...
Meet the Trump-Loving, ‘Hatikvah’-Singing Israeli-Arab Man Who ‘Buys’ the Jewish State’s Chametz Before Every Passover
Ahead of Passover, the Hebrew weekly newspaper Makor Rishon interviewed Hussein Jaber -- a 53-year-old married father of four from the Arab town of Abu Ghosh -- who...
