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mimouna
Moving and shaking: American Society for Yad Vashem, AcaDeca and more
Ryan Torok
May 12, 2016
Edward and Elissa Czuker, co-chairs of an upcoming gala hosted by the American Society for Yad Vashem (ASYV), hosted a kickoff reception March 28 at their Beverly Hills home.
Letters to the editor: Nancy Kricorian, Hannah Arendt, minimum wage and more
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2016
Rob Eshman and his old school friend who is working with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement tried to find common ground on Israel-Palestine and raised the question: Do you have a better idea or a better strategy to get there (“Nancy and Me,” April 29)?
Hebrew word of the week: “Mimouna”
Jewish Journal
April 27, 2016
The end of Passover was celebrated in various Jewish communities with local customs, often synthesizing old Jewish and non-Jewish traditions that are universally associated with spring
A taste of Morocco without leaving town
Tess Cutler
April 15, 2015
I remember six years ago being in Tarifa — on the southernmost coast of Spain, a 30-minute ferry ride to Tangier, Morocco — and being tempted to cross continents.
Mimouna: In my mind I’ve gone to Marrakech
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
April 18, 2014
Tirbah u’tissad — may you prosper and succeed. This Judeo-Arabic blessing is the manner in which North African Jews greet one another just moments after Passover formally ends, on the night we call “Mimouna.”
The Magic of Mimouna
David Suissa
April 6, 2007
Mimouna represented the love and intimacy of a neighborhood. There\’s nothing like popping in to see 10, 20, 30 different neighbors on the same night, most of whom you see all the time — especially when you know your great-great-great-grandparents probably did the same thing in the same place.
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