Posts Tagged: Passover Seder
‘No Seders With Grandma and Grandpa’: Israeli Defense Minister Issues Coronavirus Passover Warning
Ahead of Passover and amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett published a video on Monday imploring Jews around the world to...
Israeli Rabbis Rule Video Conferencing for Passover Seders Permissible in ‘Emergency Situation’
As the coronavirus crisis continues in Israel, families are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover with relatives and friends absent due to the ongoing lockdown. In...
Two Memories of the Late Kirk Douglas
In the 1990s, while traveling out regularly to Los Angeles, I would often meet with and study Torah and other Jewish texts with Kirk Douglas. He...
Jewish Celebrities Share Passover Photos on Social Media
A number of Jewish celebrities took to social media over the weekend to share pictures from their Passover Seders and preparations for the Jewish holiday,...
How to Make This Year’s Seder a Meaningful One
For some of us, every minute of the two seder nights is an absolute delight. Even the preparation and the cleaning. There is no other...
Bubbe’s Passover, Circa 2019: Feeding the Soul While Staying Healthy
JNS.org - Sweet gefilte fish with a dollop of eye-watering horseradish. Fluffy matzah balls floating in golden chicken soup. Raisin-dotted matzah kugel, tangy stuffed cabbage,...
IDF Soldiers at Gaza Border Share in Passover Seder
JNS.org - Even those soldiers who fought to protect Israel’s border with Gaza on the night of Passover last Friday were able to celebrate a kosher...
Larry King Gives Passover Lesson, Gets Tipsy Drinking Four Cups of Wine
Former CNN host Larry King gave a lesson on the Passover seder during a guest appearance on the comedic YouTube series "Good Mythical Morning" on Thursday. The...
New York Shop Uses Gas Masks to Make Its Famous Horseradish for Passover
Employees at a shop in New York City's Lower East Side wear gas masks to make the store's famous, freshly-ground horseradish ahead of Passover. The shop...
Israeli-Run Model Passover Seder at UN Draws 60 Envoys
JNS.org - A model pre-Passover Seder conducted by Israeli Ambassador the United Nations Danny Danon was attended by more than 60 ambassadors and senior diplomats from...
Searching for Meaning Behind an Empty Metaphor
JNS.org – For those who worry about the future of American Jewry, Passover brings some comfort. According to a survey published in 2014 by the Pew Research...
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...
Seder Night — You Are What You Do
We live in an age where all of life’s challenges are handled by either psychology or psychiatry. Or, to put it another way, if therapy won’t help,...
Foreign Ambassadors Break Matzah in Israel Two Weeks Before Passover
JNS.org - More than 70 ambassadors and senior foreign diplomats sat down to a festive “model seder” dinner in Tel Aviv, organized by the Israel Project...
