In a world of globalized alienation, secular and religious Israelis alike remain proudly connected to their story as a people, through rituals as old as the Passover Seder and as new as the letters soldiers write before they go into battle
In the midst of a war, the Passover Seder offers a chance to find something we can all agree on, even if we disagree about everything else
His 1945 address to American troops drew a lasting connection between the Passover story and the nation’s consciousness
Dreading a week of unhappy mornings? This chametz-free version of a savory strata will open your eyes to a new taste of the holiday.
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar on the moral and historical responsibility for maintaining Jewish communal life in a harsh environment
This Passover, we think of the Uyghurs, the Tibetans, and other captive peoples whose struggle for freedom and cultural survival parallels our own
This year, our family will mark Passover, Easter, and Ramadan at the same time—and honor the three religions that contributed to my children’s heritage
Recreating my great-grandmother’s long-lost Passover recipe helped me understand how she viewed herself before the family fled Egypt
And find your people
A new survey captures the changing landscape of American Judaism
Jews of all types are turning away from their institutions
Day schools are getting cheaper. That’s not good enough.
Massive Passover gatherings in Thailand and Nepal cater to backpackers—by the thousands
Before there was Maxwell House, there was Mrs. Philip Cowen’s ‘Seder Service’
A Passover celebration makes its own kind of noise, whether it comes from a superstar cantor, a jumble of tone-deaf relatives, or Eugene Levy
Remembering the Exodus
It’s tempting to draw parallels to American slavery, but the Bible paints a very different picture
A lesson from the past about choosing freedom over servitude
