This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Food Can Matzo Ever Taste Good? An Interview With The Queen Of Passover Prep
Nine million views isn’t too shabby for a website that’s just over a year old. That’s more Kosher.com views than there are Jews in the world! Kosher.com exploded into the digital stratosphere a year ago, quickly wrapping up views and becoming a mainstay of the Jewish community. The website is chock full of recipes, video…
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Life How I Got Enslaved By A Holiday Of Freedom
The holiday of Pesach is a dance, the ritual choreography of the Jewish people reenacting their flight from bondage in ancient Egypt. But for those of us who bear the burden of the holiday preparations, it often feels like we’re dancing in the wrong direction. It is spring here when we tell our slavery-to-freedom story…
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Community The Mystical Reason Jews Rush To Get Married Before Passover
It is definitely that time of year again. Aside from receiving numerous envelopes which ominously read “Important Tax Document Enclosed,” the typical ultra-Orthodox Jewish mailbox is filed with an equally anxiety-producing sort of correspondence this time of year: A deluge of wedding invitations. Since the beginning of February, my family has received five ivory envelopes…
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Recipes This Passover Survival Guide Is Everything
Passover is a rough time of year. Deep down, all Jews know this. It is when we ask ourselves the four questions: 1.Why do we bother? 2.Why do we bother? 3.Why do we bother? 4.Why do we bother? If this is that time of the year when you begin to contemplate divorce or conversion to…
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Yiddish World I miss those secular Jews who led traditional seders
My Uncle Yoyne didn't keep kosher or the Sabbath but when he led the seder, he sounded like an Orthodox Jew
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News Orthodox Send Undocumented Domestic Workers On Risky Passover Trip
What do you do when you want to bring the housekeeper to your home in Florida for Passover, but she can’t fly because she is undocumented? This is the conundrum that Israel, a private taxi driver, is here to help you solve. But it will cost you a chunk of change — and it comes…
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Community 3 Ways To Take Your Matzo Game To The Next Level This Passover
Passover is fast-approaching — as is the prospect of eight matzo-filled days. But that doesn’t have to be a drag. The following quick and delicious recipes make a delectable addition to the holiday. For something savory, the Springtime Avocado Matzah Toast and Cheesy Spinach-Artichoke Matzah Toast are bursting with flavor with the perfect crunch. For…
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Food Quinoa Will Save Millions Of Jews From Starvation This Passover
A Brief History of Quinoa You’ll probably be shocked to hear that quinoa used to be the poor man’s food. (Whole Foods clearly didn’t get that memo.) When the Spanish invaded South America, they mocked the grain and called it “food for the Indians”. They forbid the cultivation of the grain, and the Incas (who…
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