In last week’s Jewish Journal, I showed how to make placemats for Passover depicting the parting of the Red Sea. The follow-up to that craft activity is inspired by what happened after the waters ...

For the past few years, I have been adding a split open pomegranate to my Seder plate. In addition to the traditional six items on the plate, plus an orange as a symbol of LGBTQIA+ inclusion and, this ...

Like most Jewish families, mine has spent years, decades even, crafting our Passover seders. Each time we meet, a new tradition gets folded into the script, and we rejoice in revisiting it for years ...

Before a crackling fire in Passaic on Wednesday, dozens of Jewish families continued a Passover tradition meant to cleanse their households and their souls. The Jewish community gathered in Third Ward ...

At noon on the second day of Passover, Kim Herb, the wife of Temple Beth Sholom's Rabbi Eli Herb, wore her hair in buns, wrapped in a bandana and swinging as she yanked a tray of carrots from the oven ...

For most Jews gathering next week for Passover, the items on the seder table are as familiar as the story of the Exodus. Which is too bad, given the richness of their history and the multitude of ...

My 98-year-old mother calls my Passover Seder a gantzeh megillah — a big production. She’s right. For me, the Seder is the hardest event of the year to prepare for. Yet it is by far the most ...

Passover is an unbroken chain of tradition passed down for more than 3,000 years, or 100 generations. The eight-day holiday is a pilgrimage through which people of the Jewish faith celebrate — and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Megan Fountain co-leads a seder, calls for a ceasefire. Credit: Laura Glesby Photo It is not ...

There are two times a year that my entire family comes together — Rosh Hashanah and Passover. Although both holidays have their respective traditions, Passover is particularly special. Exhausted ...

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Each year at Passover, Jewish people around the world ask an age-old question: Why is tonight different from all other nights? But in 2020, the holiday will be different not just from other nights, ...