This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Opinion How To Talk About Refugees at Your Passover Seder
Each year at Passover we gather together with family and friends to retell the story of our persecution and exodus from Egypt to freedom. For many, a particular highlight of the Seder is the singing of Dayenu. “If God had freed us from slavery in Egypt, but not given us the Torah, a new home,…
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Recipes A New Orleans Seder, Israeli Style
During Passover week, Israeli-born chef Alon Shaya is rolling out a Seder menu at his acclaimed New Orleans eatery, Shaya, that riffs on his Jewish roots, while pulling in local Louisiana flavors and Italian elements inspired by his other restaurant, Domenica. “I wanted to follow the traditional flow of a Passover Seder,” Shaya said, “but…
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Recipes Alon Shaya’s Charoset
My grandmother would make the best Sephardic-style charoset. This is based off hers, with an Italian twist. I love what the flavor of the Moscato wine and hazelnuts adds to the dates and figs. I also like to make this year-round and eat it with everything. Try it with grilled ciabatta and fresh ricotta cheese….
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Food Gourmet Kosher-for-Passover Getaways
The Kosherica program at Atlantis Paradise Island is one of the many Passover getaways attracting families this year. As Jews throughout the world prepare to commemorate the exodus of the slaves from Egypt, I am dreaming of a redemption of a different kind. After all, the boxes of Passover dishes need to be hauled up…
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Opinion How Will I Get Through the Passover Seder Without My Mother?
What gets transmitted at the annual Passover seder meal? Many spoken words, no doubt, but more importantly, many unsaid messages. Many formative memories that can never be recorded except in the haggadah of the mind and heart. For me as a new mourner, those spoken and unspoken memories have been flooding my consciousness for the…
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Recipes Matzo Balls With Mushrooms and Jalapeños in Broth
For five seasons, Pati Jinich has cooked her heart out on Pati’s Mexican Table, a PBS series in which this Mexican-Jewish chef, cooking teacher, food writer and mom devotes each episode to the evolution of Mexican food and Mexico’s rich history and culture. This month, with the release of her newest book, “Mexican Today: New…
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Recipes 10 Shades of Matzo Brei
Here, the basic recipe — plus 10 terrifically tasty variations. Growing up, I missed out on matzo brei. The more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts dish of crumbled matzo mixed with beaten egg and pan fried in copious amounts of butter (or oil, though it is vastly inferior this way) is a true Passover breakfast icon — just not in…
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Recipes Asparagus Soup From the Veneto
One reason this Passover soup is so delicious is because there are no onions to mask the clean asparagus flavor. Use margarine or olive oil for a meat-based meal. Related Tunisian Fish Ball Tagine Turkish Lamb With Green Garlic New Cookbook Is Chef’s Love Letter to Mediterranean Diet Serves 6 4 ½ to 5 cups…
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