At a Seder in Nepal, I felt like the wicked son. Then a bluegrass-and-Buddhist Seder invited me in
Sitting among strangers on the other side of the world, a young New Yorker gains a new perspective on ritual, faith and community
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Fast Forward Devastating Earthquake Hits Nepal — Hundreds Killed
(Reuters) — A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying areas of the Himalayan country after the quake struck with a magnitude…
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Fast Forward Passover Shipment to Nepal Saves Seder
A large shipment of Passover supplies arrived in Kathmandu just in time for seder. The container arrived after being released from an Indian port on Monday, hours before the seder scheduled for up to 1,500 Jewish travelers was set to take place. The shipment included 1 ton of matzah, 2,000 bottles of wine, 3,000 pieces…
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Fast Forward World’s Biggest Seder Will Go On in Nepal Despite Diplomat Strike
The massive Passover seder held annually in Kathmandu will go on this year despite a strike by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the head of the Chabad center asserted. Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, the Chabad emissary to Nepal, told the Chabad.org website that despite news reports to the contrary, the seders will take place in Kathmandu and throughout…
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Fast Forward Nepal Chabad Rabbi Prevents Cremation of Jewish Accident Victim
A Chabad rabbi in Nepal averted the cremation of a 32-year-old Australian woman who died in a road accident. Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz told JTA by phone from Kathmandu Wednesday that he had just recovered the body of the former student of Beth Rivkah College in Melbourne. He said he was flown by helicopter from Kathmandu…
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