Jewish Holidays

Celebrate and observe the Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Beshevat and more.

The Idiot’s Guide to Passover

So what’s this holiday all about? Grab your Seder plate and burn your sourdough, it’s time to talk about Passover.

By JOEL CHASNOFF , BENJI LOVITT
11/04/2023

Mimouna: Moroccan Jewry's annual post-Passover jam-packed holiday

Often just an hour after Passover ends, Moroccan households host Mimouna, an open-house party that is most famous for mufleta, a Moroccan crepe spread with butter honey or jam.

By LINDA GRADSTEIN
11/04/2023

Passover’s crazy seventh night: An oft-unloved Jewish holiday - opinion

If the holidays were The Beatles, Shvi’i shel Pessah would be Ringo. If a nightly news show, it would be the weather report. If an American sports league, it would be the National Hockey League.

11/04/2023

A Zionist Omer: Significant days in Israeli history

A proposal for a Zionist counting of the Omer, a purposeful reflection on the significance of just a few of the anniversaries, commemorations, and celebrations in the weeks ahead.

Passover in the shadow of the climate crisis

The climate crisis, which is already raining down plagues upon the earth, advances at an accelerated pace. The doom of millions of people and thousands of species, barring a miracle, is inevitable.

By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ
11/04/2023

Shanghai Passover: Celebrating the holiday in China's COVID lockdown

Recollection of the lockdown Passover Seder of 2022 in Shanghai, China.

Passover: Surviving in Israel is a miracle, we will make it past this

Living in Israel has allowed me to understand the concept of a modern miracle because we live it here each day.

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ
11/04/2023

Israel’s Karaites celebrate Passover amid interest in alternative Judaism

The ancient Jewish movement rejects rabbinic authority, relying instead on Hebrew Bible for religious law.

By MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
10/04/2023

Passover and the opportunity of Zionism

The issue under discussion this Passover, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of modern Israel, is how do we perceive the origin story of Zionism?

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