Posts Tagged: Israel Passover
Israeli Hostage Families Make Passover Plea for Return of Missing Loved Ones
Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza will mark the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a week-long festival that celebrates freedom, with a renewed...
How Media Outlets Failed Amid Heightened Tensions During Passover, Ramadan & Easter
The religious festivals of Passover, Easter, and Ramadan coincided this year at a time of already heightened tensions in Israel, following a spike in terror...
A Passover Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some helpful things to know ahead of Passover 2022: 1. Some 3,600 years ago, the Passover Exodus catapulted the Jewish people from the lowest...
Don’t Let Your Seder Be a Bore
The text of the Haggadah that we use on Passover goes back a thousand years, although its origins are Mishnaic -- 2,000 years ago. It...
Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Passover Message
With Passover approaching, it is timely to revisit Zionist ideologue Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Passover message. Jabotinsky wrote about Passover in an article titled, "Four Sons," which...
President Herzog Presented With 19-Foot-Long Matzah, ‘Biggest in Israel’
An Israeli bakery showed off the largest piece of matzah in the country to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday, as the Jewish state prepares...
Passover Can Lead Us to Experience Our Own Personal Redemption
For as long as there have been historians and archaeologists, ancient Egypt has been an object of fascinated study and research. During the earliest era...
Israel Relaxes Into a Passover Much Freer of COVID Closures Than Last Year
At Passover last year, Israel was locked down and families confined to their homes by COVID-19 restrictions, but this year the mood is very different. Ahead...
Israelis Face Extra Hardships in Preparing for Passover This Year
JNS.org - In Israel, the days leading up to Passover are usually the most bustling time of the year in local supermarkets, with shoppers stocking...
Israel Declares Full Curfew Starting on Passover Eve
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri have agreed to declare a full nationwide curfew for Passover eve, which begins...
Israel’s Defense Minister Unveils Detailed Plan for Phased Return to Normal After Passover
JNS.org - Israel must take a series of immediate steps that would enable it to end its nationwide closure and enter a new “corona routine”...
State and Religion in Israel on Pesach
The return of a right-wing government in Israel, heavily reliant on religious parties, is a matter of some concern because of the increasing encroachment of...
Survey: Almost All Israeli Jews Host or Join a Seder
JNS.org - According to a Jewish People Policy Institute survey of 3,000 respondents, 97 percent of Israelis Jews say they either host or participate in a...
Israel’s Security Forces Brace for a Spike in Palestinian Violence
JNS.org - The past few weeks have seen a spike in deadly, unorganized Palestinian terrorist attacks and Israeli security forces are now preparing for a further...
