This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Opinion This Passover, Remember The Past But Fight For The Future
At my Seder growing up, there would come a moment when everyone would share a memory from leaving Egypt. “I didn’t want to leave my friends,” my older cousin would say. “I was afraid I left the fire burning in the house,” my mom, known for checking our stove before leaving for a trip, joked…
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Community DIY Nail Art Just In Time For Passover
This Passover, try something exciting and new with 10 plagues nail art! The result is bound to impress people at your Seder. Feel free to make your own adaptations to the designs, whether that means choosing different patterns to represent the plagues or using different colors than I did. The sky is the limit for…
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The Schmooze Harry Potter, Weed And 3 Other Ways To Spice Up Your Passover
There’s a lot of ways to spice up your Passover this year. Weed infused matzo brei, plague-themed nail art and Larry David are just a few of them. Here’s five tips for making this year’s Seder different from all other Seders. Revisit Harry Potter’s world with this magical Haggadah. Want to bring The Boy Who…
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Recipes You Won’t Believe Who’s Making The World’s Best Matzo Ball Soup
About a week ago, my husband Chris and I came down with a hideous flu, reducing us to germ-riddled, whiney science projects. All I could think about was ordering a batch of the sure-fire cure: Jewish Penicillin from my local Upper West Side deli, Artie’s. At Artie’s, the broth is rich and so golden it…
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The Schmooze The 5 Most Exotic Passover Hotels You Need To See
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Sun Belt is so yesterday. For decades, the Passover all-inclusive holiday has become a mainstay for a certain subset of Orthodox Jews with expendable income. Families that observe the holiday and its strict dietary laws can ditch the cleaning, the koshering and the cooking for eight days in the sun,…
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Food Send Us Your Brisket Photos And Stories!
Hello Fellow Brisketeers! This year, we are celebrating the traditional Passover brisket in a new way. How? Brisket Aftermath. It’s all about you! Send us a picture of your dining table, after dinner. What does your brisket platter look like? Is there anything left? Was the brisket the first thing to go? (Let’s be honest….
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Recipes Wake And Bake With Potzo Brei This Passover
Cannabis butter adds a contemporary twist to a traditional Passover breakfast favorite. Approximate THC per serving*: 10%: 5.3 mg 15%: 8 mg 20%: 10.6 mg *Approximate dose per serving is based on infusing 3.5 grams of cured/dried/decarbed cannabis into 1 stick of butter. Serves 4 1 cup of milk 2 whole square matzos, broken into…
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Fast Forward British Chickens Keep Kosher For Passover
You are what you eat. But if you’re lucky, that chicken you pick up for Passover dinner won’t have any chametz in it. According to the London Board of Shechita, a group that oversees kosher slaughter in Britain, poultry that is sold for consumption during the holiday has been fed a non-grain diet in the…
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