‘Go Down, Moses’: Engaging With My Complex Musical Heritage at Passover
As a black classical singer, I avoided singing negro spirituals—until Yiddish music helped me hear them in a new way as a Jew
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Our Family’s Twin Passover Tales: Escaping From Egypt and the Soviet Union
My father used to share his harrowing childhood memories every year at the Seder. Now I make sure his memories will survive.
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How To Make Seder Desserts Your Guests Won’t Believe Are Kosher for Passover
There’s no excuse for serving canned macaroons and packaged cake mixes. These recipes are so good, you’ll serve them all year.
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This Passover, Put a Turkish Spin on Your Seder Table
With the right dishes and decorations—and a few special recipes—you can breathe new life into your family’s traditions
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Hoarders, Passover Edition: Cleaning Out Chametz, and Letting Our Clutter Go
Every year, we sweep away crumbs from our cabinets. But we’re often afraid to sweep away stuff we’d be better off without.
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How To Eat Right on Passover: Staying Healthy With a Limited Menu
Does your typical holiday involve a huge Seder meal followed by a week of matzo and macaroons? You can do better. Here’s how.
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How To Make the Ultimate Matzo-Ball Soup
Video: Make perfect chicken soup and matzo balls from scratch—just in time for Passover
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What’s the Point of Passover?
Do today’s Seders exist to remember the past, or did past events occur so that they could be remembered later?
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National Treasure
A critical edition of The Washington Haggadah, a 1478 manuscript housed at the Library of Congress, shows how much—and how little—Passover has changed since the 15th century
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Passover’s Perennial No-Show
At the Seder, we open the door for Elijah. As a child, I thought he’d actually appear. Then I grew up, and anticipation faded into resignation.
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MORE Passover COVERAGE
A Seder Plate for Every Personality
From hipster to eco-friendly to Palm Beach matriarch, we’ve got you covered
Our Family’s Twin Passover Tales: Escaping From Egypt and the Soviet Union
My father used to share his harrowing childhood memories every year at the Seder. Now I make sure his memories will survive.
Seder Held at Migrant Detention Center in Israel
Slideshow: Activists evoke Exodus narrative in story of African asylum seekers
Passover Cocktails For Each of the Ten Plagues
Kosher for Passover concoctions to pair with pestilence, blood, and boils
What We Can’t Learn From the Passover Story
The incompatibility of Manichean moralizing and the modern Middle East
Hoarders, Passover Edition: Cleaning Out Chametz, and Letting Our Clutter Go
Every year, we sweep away crumbs from our cabinets. But we’re often afraid to sweep away stuff we’d be better off without.
The Best Quinoa Dishes for Passover
Avoid matzoh-filled monotony with the kosher for Passover superfood
Passover Recipes to Cook With Kids
The founder of ChopChop offers tips to make food prep inclusive—and fun
This Passover, Put a Turkish Spin on Your Seder Table
With the right dishes and decorations—and a few special recipes—you can breathe new life into your family’s traditions
In Praise of Slivovitz
I used to think plum brandy tasted like paint thinner—but then I saw the light
Payard Patisserie Pursues Passover Perfection
Top French pastry chef expands his roster of unleavened desserts
How To Make Seder Desserts Your Guests Won’t Believe Are Kosher for Passover
There’s no excuse for serving canned macaroons and packaged cake mixes. These recipes are so good, you’ll serve them all year.
Manischewitz Bought by Bain Private Equity
The classic Jewish brand hopes to break out of the kosher aisle
Martha Stewart’s Recipe for Matzo S’mores
The queen of Christmas crafting tries out a haimish Passover snack
How an Alabama Doctor Became a Rabbi to His Patients at a Groundbreaking AIDS Clinic
In his memoir ‘Positive,’ Michael Saag warns that our broken health care system is more dangerous than the AIDS epidemic
Leonard Cohen’s Long, Strange, Sometimes Tortured Road to Mastering His Own Sound
Liel Leibovitz, who has a new book out on the rock ’n’ roll poet, looks at how Cohen’s songs evolved from bleak to transcendent
‘Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah’: Inside 19th-Century Yiddish Letter-Writing Manuals
Correspondence templates taught Jews both literacy and how to be modern. A new anthology shows their entertainment value.
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