Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Fast Forward This Shabbat, Challah Is Key — But Why?
Today, the Instagram account Frumfun shared a great photo featuring a bearded man dressed in a shirt and slacks with a challah tied up in his tzitzit (a ritual garment with specially knotted fringes worn by religious Jewish men). But what is the story behind this oddly-shaped, easily transported challah? Shlissel challah, or key challah,…
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Community The Key To Healing Just Might Be A Freshly Baked Challah
The Shabbat after Passover is special to Jews around the the world, and even to foodies and bread connoisseurs —there is nothing like the smell of the dough rising and the taste of a warm piece of challah after almost two weeks of no leavened homemade bread. In recent years, the tradition of baking a…
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Food How ‘Passover Paradise’ Turned Into A Holy Nightmare
Just back from a highly problematic Passover program in Cancun, a large group of weary travelers is creating cyber-support groups on Facebook, What’s App and Jewish community forums such as DansDeals.com. They are swapping war stories about what was supposed to be a luxurious Passover trip, run by a travel outfit called Passover Paradise. The…
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Food Pesach ‘Hostages’: Mexican Hotel Won’t Let Our People Go
When guests attempted to check out of the Royalton Riviera Cancun hotel on April 19 — the last day of a Passover program hosted by a travel group called Passover Paradise — they were told that they couldn’t leave until they paid tens of thousands of dollars each. According to the hotel, the Passover Paradise…
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Fast Forward Did Ivanka Skip White House Easter Egg Roll Because She’s Jewish?
(JTA) — Covering the White House Easter Egg Roll live, CNN reporter John Berman noted that Ivanka Trump was not in attendance. Maybe, he speculated, it was because she’s Jewish. “I saw Tiffany Trump just there before. Not Ivanka or Jared Kushner. Of course, Ivanka Trump is Jewish,” he said during Monday’s festivities. “I don’t know…
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Food I Have Mimouna Envy. (So What Is Mimouna?)
As Passover draws to a close, I’m starting to feel holiday-deprived. Envious, really. It’s not that I want more matzo — I’m not insane. It’s that there’s a holiday, Mimouna, which marks the end of Passover for North African Jews, that I have never celebrated. And it sounds delicious. I decided to investigate on a…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Netanyahu Makes Fun Of His Changing Hair Color
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made fun of his changing hair color in a Passover greeting from the Galilee this week. Appearing in front of a valley in northern Israel with his wife, Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister commented on his verdant surroundings. “Everything is green, a bit brown,” he said, “and I’m not talking…
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Israel News Why Are Israelis Suing To Go To Egypt On Passover?
On the Passover holiday, Jews commemorate the exodus from Egypt. But this Passover, two Israeli Jews are suing their government to go there. Two Israeli Jews petitioned the High Court to go to Egypt over the Passover holiday after Israeli authorities closed the Sinai crossing in an unusual step over security concerns. On Sunday the…
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