Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Life A Feminist Case Against Kosher Wine
This Passover, Jewish women and the men who care about us have to stop drinking kosher wine. This is the year to take kosher wine off our Seder tables and think critically about what it means to consume with an eye towards gender equity and liberation. If you travel to almost any winery in the…
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Food A Seder Dish Of Memory, Mourning And Renewal
Passover is a holiday that mixes celebration with mourning. And when Jewish food’s pre-eminent authority, Joan Nathan, sits down at the Seder table this year, she will be both celebrating and mourning in more ways than one. April marks the release of Nathan’s 12th cookbook, “King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration Of Jewish Food Around…
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Recipes Joan Nathan’s Long-Cooked Hard-Boiled Eggs With Spinach
One of the most ancient symbols of birth, rebirth and mourning is the incredible egg. Observant Jews eat them for breakfast or lunch on the Sabbath, cooked overnight in their Sabbath stew or boiled in water laced with onions or coffee for flavor and a dark color. The symbol of the round, smooth egg for…
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Culture Some Advice About What To Read On Passover
There’s a nice seasonal post from Martha Anne Toll that’s being republished over at The Millions today. In it, Toll recommends eight books to read over the course of the Passover holiday, particularly in our current climate of “persecution and forced emigration,” as she puts it. The choices include titles by Aharon Appelfeld, Lucette Lagnado…
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Life The Joys Of Seder At The Diner
A stapled Haggadah started it all. In spring of 2010, I attended a Seder where the Haggadah was unbound, its pages stapled together. It had been crafted by three Reform temples, as its front page stated, and released in April of 1974; and its language was a poignant reflection of its era. “Our ancestors suffered…
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Fast Forward Trump Will Hold Last-Minute White House Seder
The White House plans to host a Passover Seder after all, according to Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff. Sources told Jewish Insider that the Trump Administration will indeed mark the holiday with a Seder Monday night, which is the first night of Passover. Barack Obama began the tradition of hosting a Passover Seder at the White…
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News Hero Firefighter Who Rescued Brooklyn Man Honored At First FDNY Seder
With matzo and grape juice, scores of New York City firefighters gathered to celebrate the department’s first-ever Passover Seder — and honor a Jewish hero. Andrew Scharf, 29, was honored for his daring March 5 rescue of Ubeaka McKinney, whom he pulled from the third story of his burning apartment complex in the Brownsville section…
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Fast Forward Televangelist Who ‘Laid Hands’ On Trump Is Hosting A Special Passover Seder
A popular televangelist who “laid hands” on Donald Trump leading up the election — praying for the candidate’s success and evoking Jesus Christ — will be hosting a “Messianic Seder” on the second night of Passover. “I’m going to show you the different elements, beloved ones, of the Passover and show you the application for…
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