This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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The Schmooze Why Is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
Each year at Passover we gather together, crack the door a bit, and break bread of the unleavened variety. It is a celebration of freedom, of tradition, and a reminder of those ties that bind. While the Seder depicted in Matthew Lopez’s play “The Whipping Man,” which opened February 1 at New York City Center,…
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Books Making Kosher Food Is an All-Night Affair
Earlier this week, Sue Fishkoff wrote about watching a goat get slaughtered and people who only keep kosher on holidays. She is the author of “Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority.” Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish…
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Books Polishing the Golden Rule
The story goes that a certain heathen approached the Jewish sage Shammai and asked to be converted, on the condition that he is taught the entire Torah while standing on one foot. Indignant at receiving such a ludicrous request, Shammai chased the man away. Undeterred, the heathen then approached the sage Hillel with the same…
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The Schmooze Bidding on a Bacon Statue of Kevin Bacon
Are you a fan of bacon in all its forms? How about a statue of Kevin Bacon — made out of kosher bacon? According to Gizmodo, the owners of a Seattle-based company that makes bacon-flavored condiments (which are, weirdly, both vegetarian and kosher-certified), commissioned an artist to fashion a statue of the actor out of…
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News Holiday Recipes
Rosh Hashanah: Chickpea Cakes with Lime Honey Dipping Sauce Fesenjan (Chicken in Pomegranate Walnut Sauce) Green Rice Holiday Challah Honey Balls Mead and Hard Cider Cocktails Poached Apples and Pears in Orange Blossom Water Yid.Dish: Chili Peppers on [Rosh Hashana](https://forward.com/schmooze/320610/rosh-hashana/ “Rosh Hashana”)h Yid.Dish: Crema di Zucca (Pumpkin Soup) Yid.Dish: Delicata Squash Soup with Apple Croutons…
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Life Choosing To Cover My Hair, Then Not To
When I was an 18-year old yeshiva student, my friends and I would ask every teacher we had to give us a talk on our favorite topic. And it wasn’t sex. It was head-covering. Considering that the prevalent issue on our minds was marriage, we were desperate to get some expert advice on how to…
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Life A Month After Passover, Eating Matzoh To Promote Inclusion
Every year at the end of Passover, my mother takes a box of matzoh and puts it aside for a few weeks. Then, on the 14th day of Iyar, exactly a month after Passover eve, she takes it out and eats it — as do many other Jews around the world — to remember the…
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The Schmooze How Do You Keep, and Break, Passover?
In the past few years, I’ve struggled to reconcile being a non-believer with my love of Jewish culture and traditions. So I’ve wavered back and forth on keeping Passover and fasting on Yom Kippur, the two most intrinsic rituals of self-deprivation for the sake of enlightenment on the Jewish calendar. This year, after a few…
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