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April 5, 2001
Limiting Soft Money
The jury is still out on how the Senate\’s campaign finance reform bill would change the political influence of the Jewish community, but experts believe Jewish interests will remain well represented no matter what happens.
Strangers at the Feast
My worst Passover was my first in Los Angeles, more than half a lifetime ago. I had nowhere to go the first night, and the second night, a college friend took me to an institutional seder that was so sterile and faceless that I went home early and, paraphrasing Scarlett O\’Hara, vowed, \”As God is my witness, I\’ll never go without a seder again.\”
We’re Really the People of the Question
Why are we the People of the Book? Why aren\’t we the People of the Question?
After all, before Moses receives the Torah on Mt. Sinai, like Abraham earlier, he answers God\’s call to service with a question. In Exodus 3:11, he says, \”Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?\”
Top 10 Ways to Liven up Your Seder
Top 10 Ways to Liven up Your Seder
Cooking with Chocolate
I absolutely love preparing chocolate desserts for Passover, and now that chocolate is considered a health food, it will give you all the more reason to include it in your Passover recipes. Chocolate desserts are easy to make, and you can create a variety of non-dairy chocolate desserts for Passover that will bring pleasure to everyone.
Put a Man On It
It is simply amazing that the Jewish people have managed to survive as long as we have, given our utter inability to do anything.
Elijah
As the seder evening proceeds, my son wants to know one thing: \”When will Elijah get here?\”
Out of Egypt
At every Passover seder, in each generation, Jews are reminded to see themselves as though they came out of Egypt in person.
Passover In Bolivia
I found myself at a seder in Cochabamba, Bolivia on a cool spring evening during Passover 1999. At the time I was spending a semester abroad as part of my major in international studies at Macalester College.
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