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From Brisket to Chocolate Mousse Puffs: Our Ultimate Collection of Passover Recipes

By JewishBoston

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Passover Made Easy: Order Your Holiday Meal From These Local Favorites

By Kara Baskin

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Streit’s Celebrates a Century of Matzo

By Kara Baskin

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Food & Recipes

4/25/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

A Jewish Baking Tradition Rises in the Age of Instagram

​A cherished Jewish baking tradition, shlissel challah—symbolizing good fortune—finds new life and meaning through the lens of Instagram, blending age-old rituals with modern social media flair.

By Deena PrichepFor NPR

4/10/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Matzah Toast Crunch With Noa Tishby

 By JewishBoston

Comprehensive Education for Grades Pre-K through 12    Jewish Day School Directory   Explore Options  

3/31/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Streit’s Celebrates a Century of Matzo

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/27/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Banana Bread Granola

An easy, delicious and kid-approved recipe that families can make together.

 By PJ Library

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3/21/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Wild Child Chocolate Offers Kosher Chocolates for Passover

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

2/25/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Meet the Fish Detective Who Can Decode Your Gefilte Fish Heritage

Wulf’s Fish expert has a unique talent, and the goods to make it happen.

By Debra RubinFor The Nosher

4/11/2024   Edit  

Your Passover Seder, Delivered With Feast & Fettle

This Passover, you don’t have to do it all. Get your feast delivered to your door—and enjoy a bountiful seder with less of the cooking.

 By Feast & Fettle

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Haggadah & Seder Supplements

4/10/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Jewish Teens Guide to Passover – 2025 Supplement

Resources and opportunities for connection and conversation for Jewish teens, educators and professionals.

 By Jewish Teen Initiative

3/27/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Resources for Passover 5785

How do we celebrate freedom amid pain and uncertainty? This Passover resource features insights from Hartman scholars and reflections from Israeli and Palestinian peace-builders.

 By Shalom Hartman Institute

3/27/2025   Edit  

Your Seder Could Rock!

“The Rock ’N’ Roll Haggadah,” by Meredith Ochs and Kay Miller, was just released by Simon & Schuster.

 By Susie Davidson

3/20/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

The Haggadah of Freedom

This new Haggadah connects the Exodus story to today’s reality, amplifying the voices of returnees and hostage families in the ongoing struggle for freedom.

 By Hostages and Missing Families Forum

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover 2024: Simple Prayer for the Hostages

Consider adopting a hostage for your seder. Set a place at your table. Say their name and tell their story.

By David GoodtreeFor Medium

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Prayers, Poems, Songs, and Meditations in Response to October 7

As we gather around our Passover tables—both personal and communal—our hearts are with our fellow Jews who are desperate for freedom.

By Rabbi Annie Villarreal-BelfordFor CCAR Press

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

A New Guide for Families: 7 Ways To Address October 7

We know things feel different this year, and we’re here to help guide your family through it.

 By Kveller

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

How To Address the War in Israel at Your Passover Seder

Wondering how to incorporate current events into your seder? Find resources and Haggadah supplements focused specifically on the aftermath of Oct. 7.

 By JewishBoston

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

A Special Reading for a Jewish World in Crisis

 By JDC

4/11/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Haggadah With Adaptations in the Spirit of These Times

When 133 of our brothers and sisters are still not free, we will gather around the holiday table with a special Haggadah dedicated to those dear to us.

By Be’eri Print at Kibbutz Be’eriFor Hostages and Missing Families Forum

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Traditions & Rituals

4/10/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

A Resource for Passover and Beyond

Beta version of a blessing builder on Ma’yan Tikvah.

 By Ma’yan Tikvah – A Wellspring of Hope

3/27/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Resources for Passover 5785

How do we celebrate freedom amid pain and uncertainty? This Passover resource features insights from Hartman scholars and reflections from Israeli and Palestinian peace-builders.

 By Shalom Hartman Institute

3/23/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Activities for Kids of Every Age

Easy ways to keep your younger guests entertained.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

10/19/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Taanit Behab: Not So Fast

Can a scarcely-known Jewish fasting tradition go viral? In this day and age, anything can happen—just ask the Miami Boys Choir.

 By Dan Brosgol

4/11/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Making Memories With Your Teenage Grandchild This Passover

A few ways to engage teens in the preparations and rituals of the seder.

By Margie Freedberg Bogdonow & Rabbi Dena ShafferFor Jewish Grandparents Network

4/7/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

The Iconic Maxwell House Haggadah Turns 90

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

4/6/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Who Was Elijah and Why Do Jews Open the Door for Him on Passover?

In a new book, Brandeis alum Daniel Matt traces Elijah’s transformation from a zealous prophet fired by God to the harbinger of the Jewish messiah.

By Joseph DormanFor Brandeis University

3/22/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Mark Gerson’s New Book Elucidates the Haggadah and More

“The Telling” shows us how to make the seder the most engaging, inspiring and important night of the Jewish year.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

3/19/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Backgrounds for Your Zoom Seder

 By JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

2/24/2022   Edit  

My Passover Seder: Coloring & Activity Book

Children will learn about the Passover holiday in this fun-filled introduction to a seder.

 By Emily Sper

3/16/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Craft Project: “Cleaned for Passover” Door Hanger

 By Schechter Boston

4/16/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Table Settings

A look at elegant, chic and fun seder table settings.

 By CJP Women’s Philanthropy

3/27/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Gnome Garden

 By Breaking Matzo

4/5/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

Seder Bingo: Play Your Way to Freedom

 By JewishBoston

3/24/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

Make Your Own Matzoh House

 By Epicurious

3/24/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

Edible 10 Plagues

Make the 10 plagues into edible sweets or snacks!

 By Joy of Kosher

3/30/2015 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Craft for Kids: Matzah Box Hack

This matzah box hack lets your kids add some color to your seder table.

By Tova SpeterFor JewishBoston

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Arts & Culture

4/8/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Meet the Torah Scholar Dropping F-Bombs (For a Reason)

Miriam Anzovin is reimagining Jewish learning—loud, proud, and feminist AF. This Passover, meet the mythic woman she says belongs at your seder.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

3/18/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Jane Sutton Brings Passover to Life With Humor, Heart and Tradition

By Nina LivingstoneFor JewishBoston

4/10/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Books For Matzah Lovers

Check out these lively picture books, all starring matzah!

 By PJ Library

4/2/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

“Testament: The Story of Moses” Debuts on Netflix

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

4/12/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Draw Your Way Through the Seder With This New Haggadah

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

4/4/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Passover Poems for National Poetry Month

Enjoy these Passover-themed poems for National Poetry Month from award-winning poets Sarah Mathes and Erika Meitner.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

3/24/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

In Beacon Hill, the Golem Rises as ‘a Protector of All People’ for Passover

“Golem v. Golem” is the centerpiece of Passover programming presented by the Jewish Arts Collaborative and Asylum Arts.

 By The Boston Globe

3/23/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

“Golem v. Golem” to Appear as Passover Art Installation at Vilna Shul

For multidisciplinary artist Julie Weitz, embodying the golem is a way to explore modern-day plagues.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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Voices From Our Community

4/10/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Spring Has Sprung: Baseball and Passover in New England

Opening Day at Fenway and Passover usually happen around the same time; somehow I just realized that these two sacred occasions have a whole lot in common.

 By Dan Brosgol

4/9/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Wishing You a Happy and Peaceful Passover

On Passover, we’re not just telling the story of the past, we’re writing the story of the future.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

3/21/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Four More Questions: 2025 Edition

As we prepare for a second Passover since October 7, it’s time to ask Four More Questions at the seder to grapple with some of the challenges facing us...

 By Dan Brosgol

3/14/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

You Cannot Build a True Future From a False Past

This Purim and Passover season, let’s reclaim our stories with truth, accountability, and the responsibility they demand.

By Rabbi William HamiltonFor Congregation Kehillath Israel

4/22/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

There Is No Unifying Story for Passover This Year

By Daniel OsbornFor WBUR

4/19/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

A Musical Passover Message From Marc

Wishing you a happy and meaningful holiday.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

4/15/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Four More Questions: 2024 Edition

Pesach is here, so it’s time for my annual grab-bag of four more questions about what might happen between this Passover and the next. Sally forth, tally ho.

 By Dan Brosgol

4/4/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

Happy Passover From Rabbi Marc Baker

Join me in telling our story of resistance #StandUpToJewishHate.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor JewishBoston

4/3/2023   Edit  

A Passover of Resilience and Memories

A tough year brings in new traditions.

 By Susie Davidson

3/31/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

The Lawyers’ Haggadah (Annotated by the Author)

To my many Jewish lawyer friends, here’s a new Haggadah to guide you through, or at least help you endure, your next seder. Chag sameach!

 By Howard Zaharoff

3/17/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

Four More Questions: 2023 Edition

What do Israel’s judicial reforms, the invasion of Ukraine, the Abraham Accords and Noa Kirel all have in common? They’re all in my 2023 edition of “Four More Questions.”

 By Dan Brosgol

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Community News

4/26/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

How Four Boston-Area Jews Are Thinking About Passover This Year

Radio Boston marks and reflects on this year's Passover holiday with four members of our local Jewish community.

By Yasmin Amer & Tiziana DearingFor WBUR

4/21/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Anxieties About Middle East Conflict Hover Over Passover Celebrations

Some Jews worry this year’s celebration may be marred by a war in the Middle East that shows little sign of slowing down.

By Daniel KoolFor The Boston Globe

4/18/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Ukrainian Jews Displaced by War Find Passover Poignant

Jewish refugees are celebrating a holiday about fleeing an abusive military leader while being refugees themselves.

By Deena PrichepFor NPR News

4/18/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

‘We Pray for You’: Ukrainian Jews Mark Passover, If They Can

The final hours before Passover found the chief rabbi for Kyiv and Ukraine in a cemetery.

By Cara Anna & Oleksandr StashevskyiFor Boston 25 News

4/18/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

A Day for Prayer and Reflection

Jews celebrate the beginning of Passover, as Christians mark Good Friday.

By Rose PecciFor The Boston Globe

4/12/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

For Jews Fleeing Ukraine, Passover Takes on New Meaning

Chabad, the JDC, Jewish Federations of North America and others are helping Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover wherever they have sought refuge.

By Deepa BharathFor The Boston Globe

4/8/2022   Edit  

Journeys to Freedom: A Women’s Seder

Congregation B’nai Torah of Sudbury’s sixth annual Women’s Seder explored the relationship between two journeys to freedom.

 By B’nai Torah MetroWest

4/8/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Liberation Seder Marks Gubernatorial Clemency of William Allen

JALSA hosted its first “Liberation Seder: Breaking the Bonds of Incarceration” in recognition of William Allen’s fight for freedom.

By Susie DavidsonFor Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

4/8/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Newton’s Jewish Community Celebrates With Resilience, Hope

Newton’s Jewish community observed its second COVID-19 era Passover with a renewed sense of hope.

 By The Boston Globe

4/5/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

As Pandemic Fears Subside, Congregations Reflect on Hope

Signs of the coronavirus lingered over weekend rituals.

 By The Boston Globe

3/30/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Biden, Harris, Doug Emhoff Speak at White House Passover Celebration

The virtual event was hosted by second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. president or vice president.

By Marie-Rose SheinermanFor The Forward

3/30/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

Local Rabbis Reflect on Passover a Year Into the Pandemic

Passover is a time of reflection and hope, and with the pandemic’s end finally in sight, its teachings are taking on new meaning for the Jewish community.

 By The Boston Globe

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