Filming Jews In Prison
My name is Rhonda Moskowitz and I'm a documentary filmmaker who has been filming American Jews in prison on and off for the last ten...
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Counting the Omer= FAIL. (Eating during Passover= DRUNKEN FAIL.)
It's all my fault. I admit it; it was totally me. I dropped the ball already, and we're not even done eating matzah yet. Last...
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Why do some people celebrate Passover a day longer than others?
Why do some people celebrate Passover a day longer than others? In the book of Leviticus, we read about a Feast of Unleavened Bread where...
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No Flour, No Torah: Passover and The Hunger Games
A few years ago, something interesting happened. More or less overnight, otherwise intelligent people decided, en masse, that carbs were evil. (If you read The...
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Food
Four More (Israel-related) Questions
Passover is upon us and last-borns across the world are making their final practice runs through The Four Questions in preparation for their big moment....
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Israel & Overseas
Seders to Mimouna: It's All About Community
Mimouna, did you say Mimouna? I haven’t heard that word since I was in 2nd grade! I remember people were all in the streets, going in...
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Arts & Culture
Happy Passover from Career Moves @ JVS!
By Amy Mazur, JVS StaffWe begin our journey through the Passover Seder, our journey from slavery to freedom. Through word and song, story and ritual,...
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Social Activism
Counting the Omer
On the second night of Passover, we begin counting the Omer. We count the 49 days from crossing into freedom to receiving the Torah, the...
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Staying in Balance at the Passover Table
Posted by Alison B. Kaufman, MS, RD, LDNThis article was originally printed in The Jewish Advocate If food was simply fuel for us, like gas...
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Every year one of my cousins tries to derail the seder by insisting that the story of the Exodus never happened so we shouldn’t talk about it like history. How can I turn this into a productive discussion at the seder?
Every year one of my cousins tries to derail the seder by insisting that the story of the Exodus never happened so we shouldn’t talk about it...
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