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Passover, Shabbat and Rat Poison – Poisoning Ourselves With the Poison Used Against Us
This year the first day of Passover fell on Shabbat. Can we find a deeper connection between Shabbat and Passover?Perhaps we ...
Freedom From and Freedom To
Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. Jews ask over the world will gather to celebrate zman cheirutenu, the season of ...
Matzah is the New Kale
With Passover fast approaching, matzah is definitely enjoying the spotlight. For what feels like the first time, though, that spotlight ...
Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
This year, I will be spending most of Pesach (Passover) in a small town in southwestern Missouri. I will be ...
The Passover Egg: Symbol of a Weeping Earth
Coming out of Egypt, the Children of Israel crossed the Sea of Reeds (also known as the Red Sea) walking ...
Chili Fries with Creamy Avocado Sauce Recipe
By the end of Passover week, I want to stick my head inside a loaf of bread and eat my ...
At Passover & Always: On Freedom, Religion… And Welcoming Everyone
Sometimes, being Southern and Jewish means raising our voice. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ...
That Time I Smuggled A Brisket in My Suitcase
One of my most cherished memories of Edgar M. Bronfman, the great Jewish philanthropist and businessman of beloved memory, is ...
The Missed Kitniyot Opportunity
Passover 2016 hasn’t even begun, and I’m already frustrated with so much talk about food. Well, this year it’s not ...
Why Passover Is About A Lot More Than Good Food
What is the essence of Passover? On the one hand, it seems obvious: Passover is about gathering together with loved ...
Homemade Ketchup for Passover Recipe
Passover is a time our community focuses a lot on food–family traditions, the seder dinner and which products are, and are ...
Watch: A Synagogue’s Taylor Swift-inspired “Now We Got Matzah”
For the third year in a row, Elyse Heise, a member of my congregation, Congregation B’nai Shalom in Westborough, Massachusetts, has ...