This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
Passover
The Latest
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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….
-
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…
-
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…
-
Community Passover And The Jewish Art of Questioning Everything
Don’t be alarmed, but Passover is coming! It often feels that as my Purim costume is being stored away the Passover dishes are simultaneously dusted off with the countdown to the Seder frantically beginning. Matzah suddenly appears everywhere, securing a brisket becomes a priority and spring cleaning takes on a completely different meaning. In just…
-
The Schmooze This Passover-Themed Nail Art Is All You Need For Seder
There’s ten new terrifying plagues this Passover — and they’re all in the form of cute nail art. Midrash Manicures, a nail painting company that incorporates Jewish themes into wearable items, just released a line of nail art featuring the ten modern plagues. That means you can forget all about about blood, frogs and lice…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
- 2
Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
- 3
Film & TV Robert Redford’s legacy is surprisingly Jewish
- 4
Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture This Israeli photographer’s work is all about ‘subverting masculinity’
-
Opinion The terrifying Nazi precedent for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — and the reasons to stay hopeful
-
Fast Forward Freed hostage Edan Alexander says he’s returning to the IDF next month
-
Yiddish World How a Yiddish acting troupe fooled the Tsarist government
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
