Preserving Yiddish in the seder
Avishay Artsy
April 1, 2015
Nowadays, it’s rare to find a Passover seder that doesn’t deviate from the traditional haggadah.
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haggadah
Easy floral arrangements for your Passover table
Jonathan Fong
March 25, 2015
You’ve been cooking for days. You got the good dishes out of storage. The silver is polished.
What makes this book different from (most) other books?
Jewish Journal
April 9, 2014
Maybe it is appropriate that books created by the People of the Book are just as complex and varied as the people themselves.
Make your Seder pop
Kylie Ora Lobell
April 2, 2014
Every year, millions of men, women and children gather at the seder table and read from the haggadah in what seem to be a million different ways.
Iraqi-American Jews oppose planned return of Jewish artifacts
Jared Sichel
November 13, 2013
The last remnants of Iraq’s once-vibrant, 2,500-year-old Jewish community left the country long ago. (Only five Jews remain, according to a recent New York Times op-ed.) But some Iraqi Jewish manuscripts, community records, and holy books may soon be sent back, much to the chagrin of Jewish Iraqi expatriates.
Pesach without wine
Jewish Journal
March 21, 2013
How can we have Passover without wine? This is a question that is asked of me each year as Passover approaches. I always answer that the blessing is over the fruit of the vine and grape juice is perfectly acceptable. I then ask a different set of questions.
From L.A., following the Egyptian signs to the Red Sea
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2013
If the Passover haggadah seems like hieroglyphics to you, it could be a good thing.
Chocolate shakes up the seder ritual
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2013
Rabbi Adam Schaffer, who\’s been leading chocolate seders since he edited a chocolate seder haggadah in 1996, acknowledges that “people often do feel ill” from all the chocolate.
New haggadahs: Edgar Bronfman’s and an interactive version for kids
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2013
Francine Hermelin Levite and Edgar Bronfman have been using unique versions of the Passover Haggadah for years. Now both have decided to publish their versions of the Exodus story.
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