Rediscovering His Jewish Roots
Naomi Pfefferman
March 25, 1999
On a cold winter day in 1974, 13-year-old Tony Goldwyn stared, shocked, as his father said Kaddish over his grandfather\’s grave.
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March 25, 1999
Jewish Themes Dominate Oscars
Naomi Pfefferman
March 25, 1999
Rarely has Jewish talent and Jewish themes received as much recognition as at the last Academy Awards of this century.
Pesach on the Autobahn
Marvin J. Wolf
March 25, 1999
It was nearly midnight when Louis Roth\’s seder ended and we packed ourselves into my old Bug. My wife, Kyongcha, rode shotgun; Steve, my 12-year-old brother, shared the cramped back seat with a case of matzo and boxes of kosher-for-Passover canned goods from the chaplain\’s office. It was enough to supply each of the seven Jews in my U.S. Army signal battalion.
Passover Cooking
Matthew Dorf
March 25, 1999
When Joan Nathan serves gefilte fish for Passover, she puts a carrot in the fish head.
For her, the reason is simple: That\’s the way her mother-in-law always did it.
Books to Read or Give on Passover
Rita Berman Frischer
March 25, 1999
For promoters and lovers of Jewish books, now is the season of our deep content.
Why is This Seder Different From All Other Seders?
Wendy J. Madnick
March 25, 1999
Every seder presents its own challenges, whether it\’s in deciding which haggadah to use or how much wine to add to the haroset. But for families of people with special needs, the usual frenetic Passover planning can go into overdrive as they search for ways to make the seder meaningful for all their loved ones.
Iranian Jews Recall Own Exodus
Julia Goldman
March 25, 1999
The Israelites fled Egypt in haste, but well packed: They began their exodus with their flocks, herds and unleavened bread dough, as well as the jewels and garments of the Egyptians.
Matzos and Mitzvahs
Naomi Pfefferman
March 25, 1999
Shoshanna Levi* identifies with the Passover story of Jews traversing the \”narrow place,\” yetziat mitzrayim.
Last Pesach, her Orthodox family celebrated a plentiful seder in their spacious home in the West Valley.
Passover Recollections
Merrill Shindler
March 25, 1999
I know it\’s getting really boring to talk ad infinitum about our dysfunctional families. But trust me, pilgrims — when it came to the Passover seder at the Shindler homestead in the Bronx, dysfunction didn\’t even begin to describe the chaos and torments of Gehenna that afflicted my small nuclear family.
Books
Beverly Gray
March 25, 1999
A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.
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