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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wished Jewish Britons a Happy Passover in a video message shared Friday on social media that noted with some Yiddish at least one advantage to the Zoom seder. Johnson acknowledged that the holiday would be celebrated again in isolation for many with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, even as Britain outpaces […]
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Biden: This year, we need the Passover story more than ever
March 27th, 2021 
Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Mediterranean Passover Seder menu and other holiday recipes
March 26th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
10 of the best Jewish tweets about the pre-Passover Suez Canal blockage
March 26th, 2021 Awake Goy We know what you’re thinking. The Suez Canal has been blocked for days by a giant container ship, causing big problems for the global shipping industry and starting a torrent of social media memes. But what’s Jewish about it? The answer is: nothing, on the surface. However, Passover is approaching, and the holiday’s biblical story […]
And it came to pass: What is Passover?
March 26th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
An unpretentious Passover seder inspired by Tel Aviv’s iconic Levinsky Market
March 26th, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
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No Comments »Forget mousses and matzah cakes: These Passover desserts are anything but boring
March 26th, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
India’s Bnei Menashe Jewish community prepares matzah for Passover
March 24th, 2021 Awake Goy The Bnei Menashe Jewish community in northeastern India began preparing matzah for Passover on Tuesday at the Shavei Israel Hebrew Center in Churachandpur. The Bnei Menashe ethnic group is said to number at around 10,000, and are believed by many to be descended from one of the 10 Lost Tribes, specifically that of Menashe. The […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: community, India, Jewish, matzah, menashe, passover, prepares No Comments »Brandeis University Celebrates Passover for First Time
March 24th, 2021 Awake Goy But this spring, with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, Brandeis is keeping students on campus — and hosting Passover celebrations for the first time in its 73-year history. Since it was founded in 1948 by the American Jewish community, Brandeis has scheduled its spring break to overlap with Passover. The tradition was pragmatic, according to Brandeis professor […]
This Passover, We Must Liberate Free Speech From the Bondage of Fear
March 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy One of the biggest fears in America today is the fear of saying the wrong thing. Say something delicate or controversial that may not fit the mainstream narrative, and you open yourself up to social media mobs whose expertise is to take down, or “cancel,” anyone with whom they disagree. Most people I speak to, from […]
Growing up in Iran, I thought the whole country celebrated Passover
March 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Growing up in Iran, I never truly appreciated the difference between spring cleaning, New Year’s and getting ready for Passover. The Jewish holiday takes place almost simultaneously with the Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, when the whole country engages in a frenzy of preparations. Nowruz (A New Day), which marks the beginning of spring, […]
Central Asian Mountain Jews preserve centuries-old Passover traditions
March 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Ahead of his first Passover in Azerbaijan, Rabbi Shneor Segal stocked up on kosher food for the holiday, when Jews are prohibited from eating foods made from leavened grains. Segal, an Israel-born emissary of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement who immigrated to Azerbaijan in 2010 to run the largest synagogue in the capital Baku, ensured that his […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: asian, central, centuries, mountain, passover, preserve, traditions No Comments »Three Short Films Offer New Take on Passover Seder
March 20th, 2021 Awake Goy It’s getting closer to the Passover Seder (evening of March 27) and Phil Miller of 7th Art Releasing notified the Journal that his company stands ready to embrace and clarify the holiday through three short films. The titles are, respectively “The Four Sons and All Their Sons,” “The Seder” and “Life and Hummus.” Over the […]
Clearing out notes in Kotel ahead of Passover under COVID-19 conditions
March 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Browse > Home / News / Clearing out notes in Kotel ahead of Passover under COVID-19 conditions March 18, 2021 by Read on for article Workers at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Tuesday conducted the site’s customary biannual clear-out of all the notes stuck between the stones over the course of the […]
On Cuomo’s Past Words and a Lesson from Passover
March 13th, 2021 Awake Goy It’s important to watch our words, especially when they’re preachy and self-righteous. We never know when they may come back to bite us. Take the case of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has come under growing pressure to resign over sexual misconduct accusations leveled against him. So far, he has repeatedly refused to step […]
Passover in Sinai? Government to formulate tourism plan within a week
March 11th, 2021 Awake Goy Some Israelis may be allowed to spend the upcoming Passover, which celebrates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, on vacation in the Sinai Peninsula. The government on Thursday approved a proposal by Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen to form a ministerial committee that will within a week formulate a plan to let a limited number of Israelis […]
Rapture 2021: 7 Super-Signs and Passover
March 9th, 2021 Awake Goy My love calls to me: Arise, my darling.Come away, my beautiful one.For now the winter is past;the rain has ended and gone away.The blossoms appear in the countryside.The time of singing has come,and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.The fig tree ripens its figs;the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.Arise, my darling.Come away, […]
Western Wall Stones Get ‘Injection’ Before Passover
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Worshipers pray in distance from each other at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, amid coronavirus restrictions, March 26, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad. JNS.org – While Israelis are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City are receiving their own injections, with syringes surprisingly similar to […]
Haggadot.com Offers Expert Advice as Second Pandemic Passover Approaches
February 17th, 2021 Awake Goy As a second pandemic Passover holiday approaches, Haggadot.com knows there is a dramatically-increased interest in creating innovative Jewish ritual at home. Whether people decide to host an in-person, all-video or hybrid Passover seder in 2021, haggadot.com will continue offering curated Passover experiences on its website. This year, Haggadot.com is hosting a series of webinars open […]
Passover Programs Returning in 2021, With Stricter Measures
February 6th, 2021 Awake Goy Last year, Passover started on Wednesday, April 8, just weeks after many cities around the world went into a complete COVID-19 lockdown. This meant that virtually every single Passover program was forced to close its doors. “The governments didn’t allow programs to operate,” said Doni Schwartz, co-founder and CSO of PassoverListings.com (the number one Passover […]
