Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Recipes VIDEO: How to Make the Best Boozy Brisket
Brisket video from the Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Holiday food doesn’t have to be a huge production. The most beloved dishes are often the simplest, and if they can be made ahead, then all the better. Brisket is one of these. Long, slow cooking in flavorful liquid transforms a tough lump of protein into…
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Food The Weekly Dish
Mile End Deli’s Manhattan location will serve Passover dinner April 3 and 4. Photograph courtesy of Mile End. Here’s everything you need to know about restaurant openings and closings, chefs on the move and tasty events happening in the world of Jewish food. It seems like every restaurant in the Big Apple is hosting a…
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News First Canada Haggadah Takes Passover North of Border
(JTA) — In this rendition of the Passover story, the Children of Israel do not play ice hockey or drink kosher l’Pesach maple syrup. But the first-ever Canadian Haggadah does have a distinctly Canuck vibe. For one thing the Canadian Haggadah Canadienne is in three languages – English, French and Hebrew. And instead of the…
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Food Streit’s Matzo Factory to Close
Streit’s Matzo The Streit family announced today that it will close the doors of its 90-year-old factory this spring, at the conclusion of the Passover baking season. The announcement was made by filmmaker Michael Levine, who had been working on a documentary about the company, Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream, for the past two…
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Opinion Is Ted Cruz a Big Draw in Kosher Vacationland?
(JTA) — Imagine your ideal Passover getaway. What would it include? Sandy beaches? Emerald green fairways? Kosher haute cuisine? Sen. Ted Cruz? If the Prime Hospitality Group is any judge, you’ll want all of those things. Especially the last one. Politico is reporting that the Prime Group, which specializes in offering lavish getaways for religiously observant…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Order Not to Oppress the ‘Stranger’ Resonates With Jewish Groups
(JTA) — President Obama did not mention Jews once in his Nov. 20 speech announcing immigration reforms, but he ended with a flourish that would be immediately recognizable to anyone who has sat through a Passover seder. “Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger –…
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Opinion Meet Pesach II: Unearthly Beauty of Second Chances
If you missed the holiday yesterday, take a moment to give it a second look. Yesterday was, after all, the Jewish festival of second chances. If you haven’t heard of it before, take a moment to catch up. The formal name of the day is Pesach Sheni, or “Second Passover.” It’s decreed in the Bible…
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Opinion Counting the Omer and Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls
Nigerian women call for the freedom of Chibok’s kidnapped girls / Getty Images Last month, an Islamist armed group called Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria. Presumably, these girls will be killed or sold into slavery and child marriages. Even though I sit here in Los Angeles, this crisis affects…
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