Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Opinion Stephen Miller’s cavalier cruelty misses the whole point of Passover
The White House Deputy Chief of Staff seems to have forgotten that we, too, were once strangers in Egypt
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News How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory
Born on the Lower East Side, the Jewish family-run business celebrates their 100th anniversary this year
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Opinion A legacy of defiance: Why I’m holding my Seder in one of the oldest Black churches in the country
As our freedom in the U.S. faces new threats, I want to invoke my Black ancestors' strength
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Yiddish World What pre-pesach cleaning was like in the shtetl
The late Mayer Kirshenblatt, from Opatow (Apt), recalls his parents replacing the straw in their mattresses.
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Food This Passover, try a big, glorious spring salad for the karpas
Instead of that sad leaf and salt water, use foraged and home-grown greens
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Yiddish World Children taking part in a Seder while hiding from the Nazis
In Zina Rabinowitz's tale, a teacher keeps the children's fear at bay by appealing to their imagination
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Fast Forward NY attorney general orders car wash to stop ripping off Jews with antisemitic ‘Passover special’
Letitia James’ investigation found that Jews were charged over three times the standard price for the same service
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Books The White House Seder started in a Pennsylvania basement. Its legacy lives on.
A new children’s book tells the story of how three Jewish staffers brought Passover to the White House
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