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PASSOVER 2023
The Passover holiday is almost here. As April 5 approaches, and we begin to clean, cook, and gather, let’s read up on Tablet’s Passover stories.


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COVID-19 Three Years Later
Here we are, three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and so much has changed. The way we work, the way we mourn, and the way we gather with our families. Read on for some stories about the pandemic from years past:


Putting Bubbe in the Spotlight
The pandemic made a lot of younger Jews realize how much their grandparents meant to them


As the pandemic evolves, synagogues scramble to adjust their High Holiday services to accommodate shifting risks and expectations


How spending 100 hours making brownies kept me from sinking into despair during the pandemic


The Pandemic’s Toll on the Dead
Around the world, COVID-19 upended Jewish burial rituals


Will the Coronavirus Wedding Model Outlive the Coronavirus?
The pandemic turned 300-person hotel weddings into 10-person backyard affairs. Some newlyweds say it was for the best.
Religious Literacy in America
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Tablet talks about Judaism a lot, but sometimes we like to change the subject. Maggie Phillips covers religious communities across the U.S.—from Christians to Muslims, Hindus to Baha’i, Jehovah’s Witnesses to pagans—to find out what they’re talking about.
On Abortion
New Jewish Rituals Offer Comfort to Women Who Have Had Abortions
‘Not being able to process it religiously makes it a very hard experience. We thought it’s important to give it a voice.’
BY JOSIE GLAUSIUSZ
My Abortion, My Miscarriage, and My Right To Have My Own Feelings
Women are entitled to a wide range of emotions about their bodies and fertility. But under Jewish law, the rules are clear.
BY MARJORIE INGALL
Hosting women about to have an abortion is the most direct, intimate mitzvah I’ve ever had the privilege to perform.
BY LYNN HARRIS
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