Posts Tagged: passover
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Releases Virtual Passover Music Medley
As Jews around the world prepared for the first Passover Seder on Wednesday night under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra...
Netanyahu, Gantz Send Passover Greetings to Jews Worldwide, Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top political rival, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, issued Passover greetings on Wednesday. In a video message, Netanyahu...
Israel’s President Rivlin in Passover Message: ‘These Days We All Pray for the Good Days That Will Come’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued his traditional Passover message on Wednesday, saying he knew that while celebrating the holiday would be difficult this year because...
Israelis Mark Passover, a Celebration of Freedom, in Virtual Isolation
The Jewish Passover holiday typically draws crowds of Israelis outside to burn heaps of leavened bread, commemorating the Biblical exodus from slavery in Egypt. But on Wednesday...
Passover Message ‘Resonates With Us as Never Before’ During Coronavirus Crisis, Biden Says
Former Vice President Joe Biden -- the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination -- and his wife Jill sent Passover greetings to US Jews...
Israel Makes Wearing Masks in Public Compulsory to Stem Coronavirus Spread
The Israeli government issued orders on Tuesday making the wearing of masks in public compulsory to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus. It also approved...
Israeli Government Orders Full Coronavirus Lockdown for Passover Holiday
Israelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the "Seder" -- the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery -- confined to their...
Top European Rabbis Hold Zoom Meeting to Discuss How to Handle Cornavirus Crisis
The Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) held a Zoom meeting on Sunday to discuss how Jews on the continent were handling...
A Seder Supplement for 2020
The seder this year will be observed during the corona storm. When lifting the seder plate at the outset of maggid, we will not say...
Passover Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
1. In 2020, the battle against the coronavirus demonstrates human limitations in the face of greater forces, requiring a deeper sense of humility. 3,600 hundred...
Challenging Our Complacency and Reverence for Leaders on Passover
Pesach was always intended to be a challenge -- to our way of life and our values. Egypt, the most advanced civilization of its time, was...
Pesach Basics: ‘Alef-Bet’ on How to Prep a Seder at Home
JNS.org - The Jewish holiday of Passover -- the celebration of Jewish freedom -- is traditionally spent with family and friends. But with the coronavirus...
American Seders Go Online on a Passover Night Different From All Others
Esther Greenberg loves watching her children and grandchildren gather around the Passover seder table and slurp her matzoh ball soup. "Seeing everybody who is me, everybody...
A Parents’ Guide to This Year’s Nuclear Family Seder
JNS.org - “Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to...
