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6 sweet charosets honor a world of traditions
Jewish Journal
April 11, 2016
Of all the holidays in the Jewish calendar, Passover serves as the cornerstone. Family and friends come together at home for a meal disguised as a religious service.
Where’s the Passover story?
David Suissa
April 18, 2008
It\’s one of the great mysteries of the Jewish tradition. Every year, Jews around the world gather around a seder table to retell the story of our people\’s liberation from slavery. You can read a thousand articles, talk to a thousand rabbis, and they\’ll all say the same thing: At the Passover seder, we retell the story of the Exodus.\n\nThere\’s only one problem with this statement: It\’s not really true.
New haggadahs bring fresh approaches to celebration
Sandee Brawarsky
April 11, 2008
This season, several new haggadahs raise new questions. New interpretations bring new approaches to the seder, enabling readers and participants to bring new layers of meaning to their own celebrations of the holiday.
Cry of the Leper
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
April 3, 2008
Parshat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59)
There comes a time, for each of us, when we stand face to face with our demons; it is in our response to this challenge that we often see some of the more beautiful moments in human life. In this week\’s parsha, Tazria, we find one of those opportunities.
David’s the singer, he’s the rapper
Matthue Roth
April 3, 2008
Oded Turgeman, director of the new short film \”Song of David,\” doesn\’t do things the easy way.
Advertise joys of Judaism to others during simcha
Ted Roberts
March 14, 2008
Given the condition of Judaism in 2008, a bar mitzvah is an ecumenical stew. It\’s not only the non-Jews who wonder about the significance and meaning of the ceremony, but even some of our fellow Israelites stare with wonder and, sometimes, awe.That\’s why a booklet of origins, explanations and exegesis is useful.
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