Posts Tagged: passover
Israeli Police Arrest Nine as Palestinians Seethe Over Jerusalem Shrine
Israeli riot police faced off with fireworks-hurling Palestinians in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday as a visit by Jews to a disputed...
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...
Survey: Nearly All Israeli Jews Will Join a Passover Seder, Even if Some Won’t Enjoy It
Over 96 percent of Israeli Jews plan to sit down and participate in a Passover Seder on Friday evening, while only 87.5 percent say they...
Israel’s National Library Makes Rare Editions of Haggadah Available for Download Before Passover
In advance of the upcoming Passover holiday, the National Library of Israel is making some of the world’s most admired, rare, and valuable editions of...
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...
Amid Public Row, Survey Finds More Israelis Oppose Bringing Chametz to Hospitals During Passover
More Israelis believe that leavened foods should not be allowed into public institutions, such as hospitals and military bases, during the seven-day Passover holiday, a...
Jewish Communities to Host First Matzah-Baking Events in Gulf Countries
An umbrella group for Jewish communities in the Arabian Peninsula is organizing several matzah-baking events next week, in a first-of-its-kind preparation for the upcoming Jewish...
My First Seder: Finding Redemption and Roots Amid the Pandemic
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself in Jerusalem sitting at my first Passover seder. Although this has been a period of unprecedented...
Aston Villa FC Condemns Flood of ‘Intolerant’ Reactions to Facebook Passover Greeting
Aston Villa FC spoke out against a torrent of antisemitic and anti-Israel comments posted on social media following a Passover greeting posted by the soccer...
Romanian Police Investigate Death Threats Against Prominent Jewish Actor
Romanian police were investigating on Sunday death threats made against award-winning film and theatre star Maia Morgenstern and her children at the start of Passover...
What Kind of Freedom Do We Celebrate on Passover?
The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of...
Passover and the US-Israel Bond
Here's a quick Passover recap: According to Heinrich Heine, the 19th century German poet, “Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.” Professor Yehudah...
