This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Food Got Passover-Product Overload? You’re Not Alone
Passover, the weeklong holiday that celebrates the Israelites’ freedom from slavery in Egypt was simpler back in the day. There was just one recipe for charoset, the mixture that symbolized the mortar the Israelites used to make bricks for the pyramids. That recipe had apples and walnuts — not dates, pistachios and ginger. There was…
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Culture How To Celebrate Passover On a $30,000 Budget
This Passover season, an increasing number of Jews will not be gathered around Bubbe’s dining room table for the first Seder. Instead, they will be at luxurious resorts, from Aruba to the Austrian Alps; some may even be going on an African safari. The rest of the travel industry may be flat, but Passover packages…
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Food Mimi Sheraton Says Charoset Is Not Just For Pesach Anymore
Although it stands as a symbolic reminder of the mortar used by the Jewish slaves who built the pyramids in Egypt, the fragrant spread called charoset deserves more than a once-a-year ritual appearance at the Passover Seder table. Related The rich fruit spread is made in two lovely versions, delectable either for breakfast or tea-time…
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News Next Week In Chicago: Seders, From Chabad to South Side Activism
This week is Passover. Which means you will be spending the first part of it shopping and cooking and sedering and the second part cooking some more and complaining about gastrointestinal distress. If you’ve been remiss in making your seder plans, the Chicago Board of Rabbis has prepared a list of local synagogues that are…
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Fast Forward As The Internet Prepares For Passover, Memes Galore
Passover is a long holiday, and everybody celebrating it is supposed to swap delicious bread for massive, tasteless crackers, the entire time. So to keep your spirits up through the long, unleavened week, please munch on these Passover memes. Non-nutritive, but so delicious! Contact Shira Hanau at [email protected]
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Fast Forward San Diego Hilton Cancels $1M Passover Trip For 700
(JTA) — A Hilton hotel in Southern California reportedly has canceled a Passover trip for 700 New Yorkers, despite a $1 million deposit, the organizer said. The New York Post’s Page Six reported Wednesday that the 10-day trip to the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in San Diego was booked in November, according to the organizer,…
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The Schmooze This Ten Plagues Face Art Is Truly Impressive
Well, color us impressed. Three siblings put together the ultimate display of all ten plagues — just in time for Passover. Face painter Chaya Pekar turned her sister Rivka Goldin into blood, lice, hail and the like, while their brother Zusha Goldin photographed the results. Check out below for some serious #facepaintinggoals. Blood Frogs Bugs…
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Life Leaving Our Political Bubbles With Help From The Haggadah
They say you shouldn’t discuss religion or politics at the dinner table. On Passover, breaking this rule is not only unavoidable, it’s required. Every year, during the holiday’s traditional Seder, Jews retell the story of our enslavement in Egypt and our escape to freedom, facilitated by a divine hand that made frogs rain down from…
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