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Community Half Of Our Readers Hate Matzo And They’re Not Wrong
Let’s face it: matzo sucks. It’s dry. It’s flavorless. It’s often served stale. It pales in comparison to garlic za’atar challah. But alas, for 8 days a year, we Jews must suffer through meals devoid of bread, pasta and buttery and flakey croissants. Clearly, Forward readers aren’t happy about it — a full 56 percent…
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Community What Kind Of Wine Are You Having At The Passover Seder?
Of all of the Passover traditions, the obligation to have four cups of wine (or grape juice) at the Passover seder might be the most controversial. Yes, even more hotly debated than sinkers vs. floaters. More essential than whether or not matzo is to be suffered or savored. While there are many varieties of kosher…
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Community Do You Like Matzo?
Some Jews love it. Some Jews hate it. But no matter how you feel about it, come Passover, we Jews are biblically commanded to eat it. Help us settle the great Passover debate: is matzo an amazing food or a true Jewish tragedy? Vote: How do you feel about matzo? — The Forward (@jdforward) March…
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Community The Great Matzo Ball Debate: Do You Prefer Floaters Or Sinkers?
We’re less than a month away from Passover, and many of us are already dreaming of fluffy matzo balls in our soup. But like most Jewish traditions, there’s a great debate surrounding matzo balls: That of floaters vs. sinkers. Last year, our food editor Liza Schoenfien took to Twitter and found that 60 percent of…
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Community WATCH: Israeli Actress Stars In PETA’s Latest Anti-Fur Campaign
Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer has joined forces with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for a new anti-fur campaign. “We are in 2018, and it just doesn’t make any sense that people still buy fur when they can buy the same thing made out of man-made fur that looks exactly and feels the same,”…
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Community Inside The World’s Oldest University — Where Christians, Jews and Muslims Have Studied
Have you ever heard of the University of Al-Quaraouiyine in Fes, Morocco? I hadn’t either, until the popular video blogger Nuseir Yassin, the Israeli-Arab globetrotter behind Nas Daily posted a video about it. It’s the world’s oldest university, was founded by Muslim woman, and its notable alumni include leaders of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism —…
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Community What Do Jews Owe Crown Heights?
In 2012, Hannah Roodman endeavored to show Crown Heights, Brooklyn through the eyes of its Chabad and West Indian residents. In the years since she directed Project 2×1, she’s had time to reflect on the changing neighborhood and our responsibilities as young Jews. “My hope was that the Crown Heights Jewish community would acknowledge that…
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Community Forward Readers Share Their Family Holocaust Survival Stories
Hilda and Harry Eisen 1917-2017 1917-2012 Izbica Kujawska, Poland to Beverly Hills, California “Harry and Hilda Eisen were both born in 1917, in the Polish village of Izbica-Kujawska. They grew up together. After they returned from the horrors of the war—Harry from Auschwitz and other concentration camps, and Hilda from the Parczew forest Partisans —…
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