Posts Tagged: passover
11-Year-Old Girl Succumbs to Wounds from Iranian Missile Strike
i24 News - An 11-year-old girl has died nearly three weeks after being critically injured by an Iranian missile strike on her family home. Nesya Karadi...
Before They Can Defend It, They Must Know It
Before Passover, I took my son to Borough Park to buy a new Haggadah, part of a small annual ritual and one more way into...
How Passover Impacted American Liberty
Passover is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features Moses and the Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the first American settlers and the Founding Fathers, and...
The Passover Seder: An Ancient Jewish Ritual That Solves Modern Loneliness
We are living through a loneliness crisis unlike anything in recorded history. In 2023, the US Surgeon General declared loneliness a national epidemic -- one with...
This Passover, Reliving the Exodus Hits Closer to Home
There's a line people love to quote — usually attributed to Mark Twain — that "history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." It's clever,...
Shabbat HaGadol and the Story of Elijah
“Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great awesome Day of God, and he will reconcile fathers to children and children to fathers” (Malachi...
Israel’s National Security Council Warns Israelis Abroad Not to Attend Passover Events in Open, Public Spaces
Israel's National Security Council (NSC) has "strongly recommended" that Israelis traveling abroad avoid public Passover events, following its assessment that the ongoing war with Iran...
The Surprising Origins of the Passover Seder
In his popular book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, the Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari contrasts the universality of religions such as Christianity and Islam...
A Nation Like No Other
JNS.org - As a rabbi, I’ve often had to juggle conflicting life-cycle events in a single day. I’ve gone from a funeral to a wedding,...
‘For This, Have You Been Chosen’
JNS.org - I trust that Jews worldwide enjoyed a meaningful and memorable Passover with family and friends. Of course, no one could stop thinking of...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Bennett Hospitalized, In Stable Condition
i24 News - After feeling unwell during a workout on Sunday morning former prime minister Naftali Bennett was admitted to a hospital and underwent a...
Georgetown University Identifies Suspected Perpetrator of Antisemitic Graffiti
Georgetown University has identified the person suspected of graffitiing an antisemitic message in a residence hall, an incident that has caused alarm at an institution...
Northwestern University Community Denounces Passover Vandalism
Northwestern University on Tuesday denounced the antisemitic vandalism of two administrative buildings located on the Evanston section of campus, a disturbing act that was perpetrated...
Georgetown University Postpones Passover BDS Vote Following Outcry
Georgetown University's student government has rescheduled an anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) referendum that it initially scheduled to take place during the Passover holiday...
