Over the weekend I was a victim of a hoax. An internet scenario played out a scene in which Barack Obama tells a visiting Israeli delegation to the White House, headed by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that he believes the cause of peace would be advanced if the words \”Next Year in Jerusalem\” were excised from the Passover Haggadah.
Six world powers, including China, agreed on Wednesday to start drawing up new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program in the next few days, a source with knowledge of the talks said.\n\nThe source said representatives of Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Germany had reached agreement with Beijing during a conference call.
Berlin is \”meshugge\” – a bit crazy – in the eyes of DJ Aviv Netter, an Israeli who hosts a monthly disco night titled Meshugge in the German capital.\n\nWomen dance to his music under flags bearing the Star of David and menorahs. \”I\’m kosher, kiss me,\” read their t-shirts.\n
A prominent Jewish leader said Monday he doubts the sincerity of former President Jimmy Carter\’s recent apology to the Jewish community after Carter said in a speech this month that the U.S. government has \”yielded excessively\” to Israel.\n
As the sun inched below the horizon in this Mississippi River town, people arrived alone or in small groups and walked up the steps of Temple B\’nai Israel on Shabbat.\n\nOnly about a dozen Jewish residents remain in Natchez, a city of about 16,400 best known for its elaborate plantation homes. As younger generations moved away, the congregation hasn\’t had its own full-time rabbi since 1976
Josh Ruxin is the director of Rwanda Works and a Columbia University expert on public health who has spent the last few years living in Rwanda. The following is an account of a Seder he recently celebrated in Kigali.\nSeder in Kigali, Rwanda. Josh Ruxin Seder in Kigali, Rwanda.
“How different this night is from all other nights!” The familiar singsong of Mah Nishtanah reverberates in Jewish homes throughout the world on Passover eve. What Seder would be complete without the beloved Four Questions chanted by the young and the young-at-heart? These questions are the literary device that introduces the maggid, the embellished Exodus narrative that is the essence of the Pesah celebration. Put another way, the Passover Seder is the quintessential Jewish storytelling experience.
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