This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Opinion The Israeli Dee family lost three members during Passover. Why won’t they sit shiva until after the holiday?
In Jewish law, mourning and festivals do not mix
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Food Passover popovers will help you make it through the holiday
If you can’t deal with any more matzo, there is an alternative
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Culture My dad co-wrote ‘A Rugrats Passover.’ I had questions about it.
The episode is a cultural touchstone, and he’s proud of it. So why didn’t we watch it together?
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FIRST PERSON At a Seder in Nepal, I felt like the wicked son. Then a bluegrass-and-Buddhist Seder invited me in
Sitting among strangers on the other side of the world, a young New Yorker gains a new perspective on ritual, faith and community
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News Ambassador Lipstadt’s hopes for Passover 2024: The fight against antisemitism ‘will be a little bit easier and possibly more successful’
Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, said in an interview that combating antisemitism requires ordinary people speaking out
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Culture Crowds are expected as Jewish families plan excursions over the Passover holiday
The days in between the first and last days of Passover — chol hamoed — are a time for fun activities
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Fast Forward Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer
The counting, which takes place between the second night of Passover and the festival of Shavuot, can now be done in Judeo-Catalan and other historical Jewish vernaculars
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News #FreeEvan movement takes off on social media for American Jewish reporter jailed in Russia
Sharansky and Griner speak out; photos of Seder plates set for Evan Gershkovich abound, echoing the movement to free Soviet Jews
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Yiddish אַ פֿײַערונג לכּבֿוד ייִדיש־ליגעס „ווערטער פֿון דער וואָך“ A celebration of the League for Yiddish series ‘Words of the Week’
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