Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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News For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
“How can we celebrate such a holiday while 133 people are still without their freedom, still waiting to be liberated?”
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Opinion Passover in wartime: As freed Hebrew slaves, we must always protect the oppressed
An IDF reservist reflects on the complexity of operations that can be both justified and unjust
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Looking Forward If we can find the afikoman, maybe we can talk across our divides about the war
Does it matter who hides the afikoman?
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Opinion Celebrating Passover feels futile with hostages in Gaza. But we must.
No matter the oppressor of the moment, Jews have celebrated liberation
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News Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
It was the first time he acquired whiskey, normally forbidden for Latter-day Saints
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Fast Forward Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Kyiv Jewish school for model Passover seder
“Many in Ukraine and Israel will celebrate Passover, the holiday of freedom, in shelters,” Zelenskyy said
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Food No, your matzo doesn’t need to be drier than the Sinai Desert
The search for soft matzo
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Culture Bringing Passover back to the town where the Nazis killed our relatives
My friend Sharon and I collaborated with community leaders to restore the memory of Jewish life in Radom, Poland
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian
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Fast Forward South Africa’s president rehearsed genocide charge against Israel in meeting with local Jewish leaders
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News For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
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Culture An exhibit recreating the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival massacre arrives in NYC
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Fast Forward ‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest