This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Neighbors Rally Against Hasidic Matzo Factory
(JTA) — The residents of a Brooklyn neighborhood demonstrated against the smoke coming from a local matzah factory. Dozens of members of the South 5th Street Block Association in Williamsburg protested Sunday against the Congregation Satmar’s factory. The residents told WPIX-TV that the factory spews what they described as toxic coal smoke, which is so bad…
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Food The One And Only Kosher For Passover, Fairly Traded Chocolate
The only formally certified fair trade and kosher for Passover chocolate of recent years, no longer exists, exactly. In 2013 some of the chocolate bars made by the fair trade Equal Exchange Chocolate were certified kosher for Passover. This first-ever Passover kosher/fair trade certified chocolate combo resulted from a project initiated by Ilana Schatz, Founding…
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Food Speedy, Spicy Seder
Whenever I attempt to put a fresh twist on a Passover Seder — eschewing brisket for something lighter, faster and more modern — I watch the faces of my children fall. Brisket is their favorite; brisket, apparently, is forever. I’ve never attempted to host a Seder without matzo ball soup, but it’s no secret that…
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Food 4 Kosher Wines — And One Tequila — You Have To Try This Year
The 2,500 attendees of the 2018 Kosher Food and Wine Experience in New York City collectively guzzled more than 1,000 bottles of wine over the course of an afternoon and evening. While I didn’t personally sample quite that many, I made it my mission to discover the best-of-the-best and underrated wines in order to help…
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Opinion Why Shavuot Is Zeppo Marx of Festivals
This column, which I wrote for the festival of Shavuot in May 2010, is one of my favorites. Since Shavuot starts Tuesday night, I thought I’d rerun it. Of all the major Jewish holidays, the least familiar to the general, synagogue-avoiding Jewish public is the festival of Shavuot. In fact, its obscurity is so striking…
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Fast Forward University Panel Orders Student Govt. Reps To Apologize For Passover BDS Vote
Student government representatives were ordered to apologize after they held meetings during Passover to discuss divestment from Israel. The decision came from the Student Judiciary arm of the Associated Students of Madison, the university student government. It demanded that the ASM chairwoman write a letter to apologize and explain “why Passover is important to the…
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Opinion 5 Perplexing Things About ‘Secular Orthodoxy’
The arrival of Passover brings about the need to outline the guiding principles of what was – and may still be – the largest Jewish denomination in Israel: orthodox secularism. This comes in spite of the fact that over the years this denomination hasn’t bothered others (and for the most part not even its own)…
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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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