Being Jewish isn’t just about gathering for a seder or lighting a Hanukkah candle - being Jewish means bringing a certain Jewish subjectivity to bear in everything one does and wrestling with life’s questions of identity every day.
by Mira Sucharov 1 comments
According to a study by the Israel Democracy Institute, 67% of Jewish Israelis refuse to eat hametz on Passover.
by Yair Ettinger and Nir Hasson 0 comments
Making your own beet horesradish is easy and fun, and provides some great material for a pre-seder meal.
by Vered Guttman 0 comments
This recipe comes from the Maayan Ha’Bira restaurant in Haifa.
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A great alternative to sour cream, when all you want before the seder is borscht, but your only set of Passover dishes are fleishig.
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A no-hassle recipe for a perfect pre-seder Passover treat.
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Why do Jews start the Passover seder with, ‘Let all who are hungry come and eat, let all in need come and partake of our Pesach celebration’?
by Elianna Yolkut / Jewish World blogger 0 comments
It's hard to make homemade matza that is kosher for Passover, but this recipe from the Italian Jewish community of Pitigliano is well worth making before or after the holiday.
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A special bimuelos recipe for Passover, made with fewer ingredients than you can count on your hand – it’s all you need!
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Despite being a historian, I have not let the lack of evidence distance me from the Passover message.
by Arie Hasit / Jewish World blogger 8 commentsIn view of Israel's hawkish governing coalition and the Palestinian leadership's long crisis in the territories, it's hard to believe that next year we'll be free people in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel and Palestine.
by Akiva Eldar 19 comments
By spending the time to prepare for Passover properly, each of us comes to understand what it means to truly enjoy freedom in our world.
by Rabbi Dan Dorsch / Jewish World blogger 3 comments
Coca-Cola’s secret formula is just that – a secret. The secret was revealed to Rabbi Tobias Geffen over 70 years ago, in order for the soft drink to receive kosher certification.
by Tom Segev 8 comments
When a cooking gas canister exploded in an unlicensed matza factory in Jerusalem a couple of weeks ago, injuring several people, someone on the scene called the rescue squad to say there was no need for an ambulance.
by Oz Rosenberg 0 comments
Adapted from Michael Selig, Little Rock, AR, presented by Joan Nathan at the White House.
by Vered Guttman 0 comments
