This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Culture Spicy Texas Passover at UT-Austin
Passover at the University of Texas at Austin this year will feature matzo with a hint of jalapeño. The Haggadahs will be in Hebrew, English and Spanish. The celebration will feature the sounds of a mariachi band, and the taste of guacamole will replace the more familiar maror and charoset. If past years are any…
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Food 4Bloggers Dish on Passover
Just eight weeks ago I was basking in the early morning calm on a beach in Costa Rica, when I clicked open an e-mail from two bloggers I follow on facebook. I had met Amy Kritzer, What Jew Wanna Eat, at a meet-up she organized for about 20 NYC area bloggers in early January. We…
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News Prepping a Muslim for His First-Ever Seder
The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. Join the discussion by commenting on this post, sharing it on Facebook or following the Forward on Twitter. And keep the questions coming. You can email…
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Food Even Matzo Is Going Local
What do Succot and Pesach have to do with each other? Sages have been asking each other that questions for generations, but the result has never been quite so eco-conscious. This year though, for the first time ever, Yiddish farm is offering the opportunity to purchase local, organic, whole wheat, Shmurah matzah for Passover. The…
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Food Quinoa Ruled Kosher for Passover
Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori meets with South American farmers during quinoa fact-finding mission Jews around the world can breathe a sigh of relief: Quinoa is kosher for Passover. The Orthodox Union (OU), the world’s largest kosher certification agency, announced last week that it would begin certifying the popular food for use during the festival of freedom….
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Fast Forward Hand-Illuminated British Haggadah Found in Garage Fetches $340,000
A hand-illuminated Passover Haggadah from the 18th century that was discovered in a garage in England sold at auction for $340,000. The rare Viennese Haggadah sold Friday for much more than its original estimate, the Times of Israel reported. The anonymous buyer reportedly is from Vienna. The Haggadah, which has been dated to 1725, was…
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Fast Forward Nepal Chabad Rabbi Prevents Cremation of Jewish Accident Victim
A Chabad rabbi in Nepal averted the cremation of a 32-year-old Australian woman who died in a road accident. Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz told JTA by phone from Kathmandu Wednesday that he had just recovered the body of the former student of Beth Rivkah College in Melbourne. He said he was flown by helicopter from Kathmandu…
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Fast Forward Slain Cleveland Jewish Nurse’s Family Doubles Murder Reward to $50K
The family of Aliza Sherman, the Cleveland nurse murdered in March, has doubled the reward to identify her murderer to $50,000. “I know that there is somebody out there that knows something about this,” said Aliza’s daughter, Jennifer Sherman at the press conference announcing the new reward. “I just encourage that person or those people…
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