The Stories We Tell About Passover
A Bronx bubbe meets Elijah and target practice with matzoh balls
April 01, 2015
(Photoillustration Tablet Magazine)
This year, an ambitious new project seeks to change the way we think about Passover, specifically the seder. Seder2015 is the brainchild of Michael Hebb, who teamed up with web designers and University of Washington professors to create what he calls a “comprehensive digital platform to revitalize the Passover experience.”
In concert with Seder2015, we’re sharing seven lively audio anecdotes about Passover, featuring everything from a story about a Bronx bubbe meeting Elijah to one family’s creative solution to the all-too-familiar hard-as-rocks matzoh ball problem.
David Sable, The Goy Is Eating Matzah:
Rachel Herman, Bubbe Bronx Meets Elijah:
Barbara Bradhurst, Time to Take a Bite:
Austin Bisnow, Chinese on the Seder Plate:
Rabbi Bradley Solmsen, TV Crews, a Shovel, and…:
Ben Nemtim, My Little Pony and Old World Craft:
Deena Robertson, Target Practice:
Want more Passover stories? Check out Vox Tablet’s Passover audio special, “We’ll be Here All Night.” For more about Seder2015 and their other collaborations, click here.
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Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.
