Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, CEO of the Hadar Institute, says temporarily taking away a matzah has precedents in Jewish tradition. I want to focus on one aspect of a post-Oct. 7 seder: a ritual change meant to ...

Every spring, Jews around the world sit down to begin the eight-day (or seven days, depending on the family) festival of Passover with a dinner called a seder. In 2024, the holiday begins on the ...

Hosting a Passover Seder is all about making cherished memories with family and friends — but it takes a lot of prep work to get there. From adding on top of the normal spring cleaning, to polishing ...

A Jewish organization is hoping to spark conversation this Passover about the rise of antisemitism today with some modern additions to the traditional Seder meal. "Passover is the most widely ...

Among the new Haggadahs to be published in 2024 are several for families and one for Star Wars fans. Collage by Mollie Suss via JTA.org Philissa Cramer and Penny Schwartz The creators of new Passover ...

In an archival photo from 2021, Rabbi Solomon Schiff explains the Seder foods. to patients at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Miami Beach. Patrick Farrell Miami Herald file photo This week, Jews around ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KGO) -- Everything is different with novel coronavirus, including traditions that are thousands of years old. As Jews from around the San Francisco Bay Area prepare to celebrate ...

Looking for something new and creative to liven up your Passover seder this year? Try these engaging and new Haggadot. The Dad Jokes Haggadah Martin Bodek has written different themed Haggadot before, ...

Transforming from a track to a dining room, Barton Hall seated 50 tables of Cornell Jews and non-Jews last night as students celebrated the first night of Passover at Cornell’s Super seder. As in ...

Our son first met his distant cousin when they were both students in an advanced Jewish studies program overseas. Walking home from their study hall together in the last days of winter, they began to ...

How might we celebrate Passover differently this year? With so many Israelis brutally murdered on Oct. 7, so many soldiers killed or wounded in battle, so many people — Palestinians and aid workers — ...