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Nobody Ever Hearkens!
Three gentlemen have gathered on the terrace of an outdoor café. Two enjoy thimble-size cups of thick, sweet coffee. The third, a wild-eyed, raggedy-bearded fellow, stalks around among the tables, barely limiting his exhortations to his companions, which may explain why the café across the boulevard is having a particularly busy afternoon. Nachmanides: Please, my…
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Playing a New Role
I have a confession. I really, really love leading the Seder. I was initially resistant to taking on the role. It meant that Zayde was gone; it meant that I was a grownup, an authority figure, instead of a metaphorical kid throwing spitballs from the back row. It meant, to me, that I was usurping…
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Leavened or Unleavened: A History
Everyone knows that food is a serious part of the Passover Seder. But very few people take Seder food seriously. Though everyone who attends a Seder is aware that certain foods are central to the Seder ritual, and most — at least by the end of the Seder — will be aware of the conventional…
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A Parisian Seder
Preparations are under way at Paris’s Congregation Juive Libèrale for a Seder with special significance. This week, 300 members and friends will gather for the first Passover feast in the new spiritual home that the Reform congregation dedicated last May. “The Seder brings together all that is important about the Jewish faith and traditions, reminding…
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Take Back The (Seder) Night
Pesach for the Rest of Us: Making the Passover Seder Your Own By Marge Piercy Schocken, 304 pages, $22.95. It’s well known that Passover is the most widely observed of Jewish holidays, and there’s no shortage of explanations as to why. Its themes are universally relevant — freedom is much easier to relate to than,…
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A Rural Pesach
I was always vaguely aware that Passover was in some way an agricultural festival, but never realized that celebrating food could include consuming meat that came from animals I had known face to face. That was until last spring, when I spent Passover in Alamosa, Colo., a town situated in a high-altitude desert and populated…
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Studying or Learning?
Gil Kulick of New York City writes: “A question that has intrigued and puzzled me for a long time has to do with the use of the world ‘learn’’ in Jewish parlance as a synonym of the word ‘study,’ or, more precisely, the lack of distinction between the two. “In standard English the two terms…
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Rep. Cantor Urges Resolution Against Iran
As the crisis involving Iran’s seizure of 15 British sailors continues, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia is calling for action in the House today. Cantor is urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring H. Res. 267 to the floor today prior to adjournment. The bill calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the British marines…
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Loving Living Legends
AN IRISH FAMILY TO KVELL ABOUT “Only in America [can you find] Irish supporters of the Jewish State of Israel,” declared Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel, at the March 6 Jewish Community Relations Council of New York gala dinner. Ailes presented the Generation to Generation award to Peter James Johnson, chairman…
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Jewish Republicans Find a New Face: Joe Lieberman
Earlier this month we told you that the White House was promoting Joe Liberman’s speech at the Aipac convention in which he slammed Bush critics (see previous post and transcript here). Now the Republican Jewish Coalition is making Lieberman’s comments the centerpiece of a new ad campaign.
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Wes Clark: Striking Iran Bad for Israel
Watch or read the transcript of Wesley Clark’s recent video blog post opposing military action against Iran. He says a strike would be bad for Israel… “Well, I wouldn’t say that you never can use military force, but I can’t see the circumstances right now where it would benefit Israel. It’s far better if we…
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