This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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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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Fast Forward 3 Hilarious Passover Videos You Need To Watch Before Your Seder
If you thought Purim was the only holiday for Jewish parodies of pop culture, you must not have seen the newest batch of a cappella Passover parodies. Here are our three top picks this year: Maccabeats The Maccabeats have a new take on the four questions with their a cappella plus version of the “Ma…
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Community This Passover, We Need A Little Less Freedom and A Lot More Order
A version of this article was originally posted in the Texas Jewish Post It’s that special time of the year again when supermarkets in heavily Jewish neighborhoods advertise their Passover wares, all conveniently stocked under one roof. And inevitably, some cliched tagline along the lines of, “helping you celebrate freedom!” will grace those holiday ads….
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The Schmooze We Asked Mayim Bialik About Her Super-Organized Seder — And She Answered
This week, we ran a piece applauding the insanely organized Passover schedule Mayim Bialik posted on Instagram — and also had a whole lot of follow-up questions. Like, does Mayim Bialik sell her chametz? Did Mayim Bialik invent the term “crazy-tush”? Why is this chart different from other charts? Well, turns out, ask and you…
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Food Chocolate At Passover? Not So Fast!
Editor’s Note: Since the publication of this article in April 2017, writer Deborah R. Prinz came across new information. She writes: “While researching updates for the second edition of “On the Chocolate Trail,” specifically about Fair Trade and direct-trade chocolate, I learned that Equal Exchange had suspended its formal Fair Trade certification for chocolate in…
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Fast Forward Is Trump Ending The White House Passover Seder Tradition?
Well, maybe there’s one short-lived Passover tradition, after all. Jews have been celebrating the spring festival, which commemorates their exodus from Egypt, for thousands of years. Some of the details, like the commandment to eat only unleavened bread, are even in the Bible.) And the ritual meal, called a seder, draws on the practice of…
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Fast Forward Steven Spielberg’s Favorite Matzo Brei Recipe
(JTA) — Why is this matzo brei different from all others? It’s a favorite of Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg, that’s why. The Academy Award-winning director — the force behind “Schindler’s List,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “E.T.” and scores of other popular films — has shared his family matzo brei recipe with Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s upscale food and…
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Community How to Make a Kid-Friendly, Interactive And Progressive Seder the Whole Family Will Love
Last year was our first Passover in our new house. Nearing the holiday, the dining room was still piled high with moving boxes. Since the seders fell on the weekend, all of my husband’s family flocked to Toronto. With my parents coming from Montreal, we would number nearly 30 with nine children between the ages…
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