Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Food ‘Gefilte’ Film Tells The Story Of The Quintessential American Passover Seder
When is a fish not a fish? When it’s the emotionally charged cultural totem at the center of Gefilte, a short documentary that debuts online this week. Compressing both family and food history into 12 minutes, the film tracks the months-long preparation of gefilte fish for a massive seder hosted by the Hermelin family of…
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Community Would You Try Pizza Brei?
Like 54 percent of our readers, I hate matzo. Sure, I eat my obligatory portions at the Seder, can be cajoled into eating it if topped with plenty of lox, cream cheese, tomato and avocado, and even begrudgingly can admit that matzo pizza is borderline delicious. But matzo brei, the weird Jewish Passover “treat” of…
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Fast Forward Nothing Says ‘Happy Passover’ Like A Photo Of Challah
A chapter of Canada’s third-largest political party sent out a Passover greeting using a photo of a family baking challah – a food that cannot be eaten during the holiday. The Manitoba caucus of the left-wing New Democratic Party sent out Facebook and Twitter statuses wishing its followers a happy Passover in English and transliterated…
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Community Simple, Delicious Food For The Intermediate Days Of Passover
The Cooking’s Just Begun —-Pesach Part 2 And Healthy New Snacks To Pack For Play and Work The Passover Seders are over and it’s time to replenish your refrigerator. But don’t fret: if you try my quick and easy fish ideas, you’ll be out of the kitchen before you finish that last cup of coffee….
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Community Don’t Let Your Passover Leftovers Go To Waste
You meticulously prepped your Seder plate, made oodles of matzo ball soup, cooked enough brisket to feed an army, and are stocked up for the next 18 years on wine, matzo and macaroons. Now what do you do with all of that food once the holiday guests have left? You could throw the leftover parsely…
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Food The Easiest Way To Use Up Your Leftover Matzo — Moroccan-Style
On the first day of Passover, matzo is a novelty. Exotic, even. By day four, most have already exhausted their repertoires of matzo plus fill-in-the-blank spread. And by day eight, we can’t wait to get rid of the stuff. From Poland to Argentina, this is a universal experience. Which is why Jews around the globe…
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Fast Forward Their Flight To Miami Was Cancelled — Would They Make It For Passover?
(JTA) — The ancient Israelites had to cross the Red Sea. Four thousand years later, Jeannie R. Fisher had to get her family of five from New York City to South Florida before Passover started. It was unclear which was harder. Fisher, like thousands of Jews, descends annually from the Northeast to the Bubbe Belt…
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Culture We Were More Than Just Slaves In Egypt
Somewhere between the charoset and the matzo ball soup, the Passover Hagaddah makes a somewhat strange request: “In each generation, every person is obligated to see themselves as if they personally came forth from Egypt.” It’s not enough to merely remember that our ancestors were slaves in Egypt. We need to connect with that memory…
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