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Hiring Passover Cleaning Help Woke Me Up To The Realities Of American Poverty
Passover is around the corner. This year, as I begin to prepare in Jerusalem, where cleaning products went on sale the morning after Purim and municipal posters wishing everyone a happy spring holiday decorate the streets, I think back to preparing for Passover four years ago, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was still winter and…
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Sickly Sweet Kosher Wines Don’t Belong At Your Passover Seder
If you think your personal Passover preparations are stressful, imagine what it must be like to run a kosher winery during this time of year. But despite the audible pre-Shabbat rush Friday morning, Covenant Winery vintner and co-owner Jeff Morgan was as cool as a properly chilled rosé when we spoke — a type of…
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Here’s How To Make Russian Jewish Food Healthier
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. When Meribel Goldwin arrived from Belarus in 1994, she was ten years old and skinny. A couple years of eating hot dogs and sliced white bread on a food stamp budget, as well as traditional Russian foods prepared with sugar, salt and hydrogenated fats, turned her into…
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Does The Torah Require Us To Publicize Names Of Sexual Abusers?
Judy was a successful Jewish communal professional who had just secured a new job as the executive of a prominent Jewish organization. She was leaving an agency where she had served as a valued senior administrator, and on her last day, she made the rounds to say goodbye to colleagues. Judy had always had a…
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8 Modern Literary Texts To Read At Your Passover Seder
Every Passover, I find that my contributions to the Seder are somewhat limited. My niece and nephew have now been charged with the task of asking the four questions and my mother’s food preparations are almost sacred unto themselves. This year, though, I’ve been tasked with the delightful job of considering literary readings that are…
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Passover In Jamaica — Where The Legacies Of Slavery Linger
There is a crescent stretch of beach and the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. There is a two-hour wait at customs to get in, and swarms of mosquitos that move into the house you’ve rented at dusk. God help you if you tarry too long on that beach, admiring that sunset, if you’ve forgotten the…
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The Very Forward Guide To Hosting A Passover Seder
The countdown to Passover is coming hard and fast — and we’ve done the legwork for you, with our ‘very Forward’ round-up of what to cook, drink and say this Passover. Whether you’re a host or a (potluck) guest, we’ve got your back. Here’s what to cook. Sick of the same matzo ball soup, year…
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How To Host A Truly Inclusive Passover Seder
At its best, the Passover Seder can model the values it celebrates—freedom from slavery and oppression—by disrupting habitual hierarchies and bolstering inclusivity. Unfortunately, sometimes our attempts to honor this sacred mission fall short. At its worst, the festive meal celebrating freedom can deepen the very divisions it seeks to heal. For those who wish to…
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4 Questions Every Feminist Should Ask Herself At The Passover Seder
Passover is a time for learning, storytelling, and appreciating our freedom in relation to years’ past. Yet, for the most part, the texts we read in the traditional Haggadah are dominated by men — we discuss the leadership of Moses, we compare the four sons, and retell the conversations between ancient Talmudic male rabbis. So…
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Liberal Jewish Organizations Are Starting To Take A Page From Chabad
As a graduate student in Pittsburgh and London between 2007 and 2015, I sometimes felt that only Orthodox groups such as Aish HaTorah and Chabad sponsored activities for Jews my age. These groups succeed because they engage in active outreach (kiruv) and create a charismatic vision of Judaism, requiring little buy-in from the attendees. However,…
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Remembering Rabbi Ozer Glickman — A Voice Against Racism In The Modern Orthodox Community
Just last week, days before his sudden death, I found myself discussing growing moral insularity of the Orthodox community — with Rabbi Ozer Glickman of Yeshiva University. “Because I work here, I have to say something,” he told me. “Especially since everyone else is silent.” It was a sentiment he reflected on Facebook a few…
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