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April 12, 2022
The Fifth Question: How Do You Make the Perfect Charoset?
Debra L. Eckerling
April 12, 2022
A sweet, paste-like mixture of fruits and nuts, representing mortar, charoset is combined with maror (bitter herbs) between two matzot to make a Hillel sandwich during the Seder.
Satirical Semite: The Right to Freed Speech
Marcus J Freed
April 12, 2022
Let us celebrate the first amendment and the right to free speech.
Mayim Bialik on “As They Made Us,” Her New Film and Directorial Debut
Kylie Ora Lobell
April 12, 2022
Seven years ago this Pesach, Bialik’s father Barry passed away. In following Jewish tradition, she mourned him for an entire year, and after that time ended, the words started flowing out of her.
Gil Troy Interviews Dennis Prager on His New “Rational Haggadah”
Gil Troy
April 12, 2022
“Belief” is not synonymous with “irrational.” Beliefs can be rational or irrational. If you believe your car speaks to you, that is irrational. If you believe your spouse cheated on you because various behaviors on his or her part led you to that belief, that belief may be quite rational.
NJ Man Arrested for Stabbing, Ramming Two Orthodox Jews
Aaron Bandler
April 12, 2022
The man, identified as 27-year-old Dion Marsh, allegedly stole a vehicle and used it to ram the two victims and also stabbed another victim in the chest. He is being charged with three counts of attempted murder, carjacking and bias intimidation.
Redemption and the Birth of a Nation: Finding Lasting Change with the Forging of a New Identity
Alanna Apfel
April 12, 2022
From Slavery to Freedom: Keeping Israel at the Seder Table
Gerald M. Steinberg
April 12, 2022
Different generations and communities celebrate the Seder according to their own customs and interpretations, adding references to the embodiment of Pharaoh as the main tormentor of the Jews of that time. After the Holocaust and the rebirth of Israel, these events were interpreted as a strong parallel to the transition from slavery to freedom.
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