A Passover to Remember

This week on Unorthodox, we’re digging into Passover traditions.

Stephanie Butnick rids her home of chametz, or leavened bread, with a legalistic assist from producer Robert Scaramuccia. Featuring Rivkah Slonim.

Liel Leibovitz explores the tradition of Jewish firstborn sons fasting before Passover, which takes him in some unexpected literary directions. Featuring Erica Brown and Andre Aciman.

Producer Josh Kross interrogates the Wicked Child archetype, with the help of his teenage son. Featuring Rabbi Sari Laufer.

Mark Oppenheimer explores the meaning behind the afikoman, and the various traditions surrounding the end-of-Seder snack. Featuring Dovid Bashevkin.

Get prepared for Passover with Tablet’s Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times. Our publisher is offering discounted sets at tabletm.ag/passover.

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April 7 — Unorthodox live show at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, hosted by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, with schmoozing and book-signing afterward. 7:30 p.m. Eastern; get your tickets here.

April 11 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Lisa Bar­r (Woman on Fire) and James McAuley (The House of Frag­ile Things: Jewish Art Col­lec­tors and the Fall of France). 7 p.m. Eastern; register here.

May 15 — Mark Oppenheimer will be discussing his book Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood at Temple Beth Israel in Skokie, Illinois. 10 a.m. Central; tickets here.

May 22 (virtual) — Stephanie Butnick will be in conversation with authors Gary Shteyngart and Claire Stanford as part of the Jewish Book Council and the Jewish Museum’s Unpacking the Book series. 7 p.m. Eastern; register here.

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