This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
Passover
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News Cancellations skyrocket for Passover trips to, from and within Israel
‘My mum is terribly disappointed,’ said one British traveler scared off by Iran’s weekend attack
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News Empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates: How Jews are bringing the Israel-Hamas war to their seder tables this Passover
Many of this year’s additions focus on women and Hamas’ reported sexual abuses on Oct. 7 and since
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Art What Houdini, Coney Island and space aliens have to do with the book of Exodus
Joel Silverstein’s ‘Brighton Beach Bible’ blends autobiography, comics and high art with the Passover story
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Yiddish World How Jewish refugees managed, against all odds, to make a Seder in 1941 in Kobe, Japan
In her diary, the actress Shoshana Kahan described how difficult it was to find eggs to make the matzah balls
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Opinion How to host a Seder when everyone is talking past each other and strongly disagrees about the war
This Passover comes at a painful moment in Jewish history, but the Haggadah is made for such moments
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Culture A methuselah of Chardonnay? A solomon of Champagne? How big wine bottles got so biblical
Why are large-format wine sizes all named after kings from the bible?
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Culture The exodus story you know ‘All Too Well’ gets retold in new Taylor Swift haggadah
Get ready for Passover (Taylor’s version)
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Violinist Itzhak Perlman tells us his favorite Passover recipes. Then see us make them.
The virtuoso took some time out of his busy teaching schedule to share childhood memories of his mother's cooking
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