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(MyJewishLearning via JTA) – Making your own Haggadah is not just a money saver, but also a great way to educate yourself about the Passover seder, add a unique twist to the festive meal … more

JULIE WIENER | 4/15/16

Making Grandma’s haroset (or how I learned to love Passover)

JTA – When I walked into the house through the back door one day as a young man, I was shocked to see my mother in the kitchen. To put it mildly, this was not one of her favorite places. When I … more

EDGAR M. BRONFMAN | 4/15/16

How to choose a Passover Haggadah

(MyJewishLearning via JTA) – With thousands of published haggadot available for purchase, choosing the one that is best for your seder can be overwhelming. For an overview of the many … more

JULIE WIENER | 4/15/16

3 items that say Passover: Which do you choose?

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Can the essence of Passover fit into a box? Fans of Manischewitz and Streit’s will undoubtedly answer, “Yes, in a matzah box.” But a successful … more

EDMON J. RODMAN | 4/15/16

Shmura matzah for Passover: The real reason it’s so expensive

NEW YORK (JTA) – It costs more per pound than filet mignon. It might be burnt or taste like cardboard. It’s so delicate it often breaks in the box, rendering it unfit for Passover ritual … more

URIEL HEILMAN | 4/15/16

Preparing for Passover [Photo gallery]

The Louis and Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher Food Pantry, a program of Jewish Seniors Agency, is getting ready for Passover. Pantry Chairperson Ken Schneider, right, along with volunteer … more

4/15/16

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann and Phil Cunningham, second and third from left, have a conversation with audience members after the event.

Jewish-Christian relations examined 50 years after Nostra Aetate

PROVIDENCE – Two scholars of interreligious studies discussed the Nostra Aetate and how it has affected modern relations between Jews and Christians – particularly Catholics – … more

ARIEL BROTHMAN | 4/15/16

2 NEAT students headed to Israel for math competition finals

As part of a desire to increase learning opportunities in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT), the high-school division of … more

4/15/16

Yemenite mother and her two children at a JDC transit camp in the 1950s

Jewish agency’s secret rescue of Yemenite Jews dovetails with local event

Every year at Passover we gather around a table for our seders and talk about the Jewish exodus from Egypt thousands of years ago. We discuss the leader, Moses, who rallied the Jews and led them out … more

HILLARY SCHULMAN | 4/15/16

Sanders supporters say he is the candidate of their Jewish values

NEW YORK (JTA) – Phil Aroneanu is a second-generation American Jew whose parents came to America as immigrants seeking refuge from an oppressive Communist regime in Eastern Europe. Aroneanu … more

Uriel Heilman | 4/15/16