Mobile Icons
Header Top Menu
Hadassah.org
Subscribe
Make a Gift
Social Icons
Follow Us
Israel + Diaspora
Israeli Scene
American View
Wider World
Culture + Travel
Food
Arts
Books
The Jewish Traveler
Gifts + Judaica
Event Videos
Community + Faith
Family
Holidays
Health + Medicine
Being Jewish
About Hebrew
Hadassah
Blog
Archives
Issue Archive
The Jewish Traveler Archive
Menu
Subscribe
Search
Israel + Diaspora
Culture + Travel
Community + Faith
Blog
Archives
Magazine
E-Newsletter
Email Address
First Name
Last Name
Δ
Cast of ‘Shtisel’ Offers Passover Greetings From Their Homes
Israeli Scene
Cast of ‘Shtisel’ Offers Passover Greetings From Their Homes
by
Marcy Oster | JTA
The greetings include virtual and verbal hugs from producer Dikla Barkai and actors Michael Aloni (Akiva) and several other cast members.
Holidays
This Is the First Time I’ve Had to Plan a Seder
by
Maya Mirsky
Yes, this Gen X Jew has been to a lot of seders, but always as a guest. I’ve never actually had to plan one.
Holidays
Some Orthodox Rabbis in Israel Approve Virtual Seders
by
Marcy Oster | JTA
The rabbis compared the use of the technology for the seder to the permission to provide life-saving treatment on Shabbat.
Being Jewish
Passover in a Pandemic: Solo Seders and Broken Traditions
by
Ben Sales | JTA
Families are scrapping traditions as Passover approaches, relying on Zoom get-togethers and solo or small-scale meals in the face of the pandemic.
Holidays
Passover and the Power of a Well-Placed Banana
by
Sarah Hurwitz
It’s hard to evoke the suffering caused by events that may have taken place thousands of years ago, but this homemade Haggadah and that banana had nailed it.
Being Jewish
Fighting Anti-Semitism With Matzah Balls
by
Marnie Fienberg
Passover brings memories of my mother-in-law, Joyce Fienberg, martyred at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Books
The Seder in a Graphic Novel
by
Gloria Goldreich
Written by longtime comics creator Jordan Gorfinkel, the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel retells the seder narrative through the style of comic books.
Holidays
Holidays
New Haggadas for the Seder Table
by
Zelda Shluker
by
Zelda Shluker
This year's batch of new Haggadas includes four noteworthy volumes.