Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Breaking News Gambling Son Skips Mother’s Seders in Boca — Wins $1 Million in Poker
A Montreal man skipped both of his mother’s seders to advance in a poker tournament in which he won more than $1 million. Eric Afriat on April 16 won the World Poker Tour/Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Hollywood, Florida. He missed both seders at his mother’s home in West Boca Raton, Fla. as he…
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The Schmooze Pot Not Kosher for Passover — Even on 4/20
It’s that time of the year again — Passover and 4/20, the unofficial marijuana celebration day. On the same day. The celebration of all things green poses a particular problem for the chosen people. Namely, is smoking pot kosher for Passover? Sorry to disappoint, but it seems not. In 2007, Israel’s Green Leaf Party, which…
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Food Snacks To Help You Survive Passover
We’re half way through Passover and if you’re anything like me, you’re starting to crave all of those delicious carbs that the Atkin’s diet and the rabbis frown upon this time of year — bread, pastries, cake, pizza, pasta and even beer. In Israel, food companies and some creative chefs have found ways around the…
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Breaking News Vladimir Putin Praises Russian Jews on Passover
Russian Jews are making an enormous contribution to strengthening Russian society’s cohesion, President Vladimir Putin wrote in a holiday greeting to the Jewish community. Putin sent the greeting on Monday, the news site shturem.net reported Thursday, after meeting Rabbi Berel Lazar, a chief rabbi of Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow. “The Jewish community in…
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Opinion We Got Bupkis From White House Seder
White House Photo What would you do if you’d have to choose between spending the second night of Passover with your family (and with your twins celebrating their birthday on that same day) and laboring in someone else’s kitchen for hours? For acclaimed chef/beloved wife Vered Guttman, there wasn’t much of a dilemma. She gladly…
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Food My White House Seder
White House Photo (Haaretz) — Cooking for twenty people doesn’t usually faze me, even when it’s for a Passover Seder, but the Seder I helped prepare last night was for Michelle and Barack Obama. After days of long discussions about menu options and in order to add some interest, it was decided that alongside the Passover…
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Breaking News Passover Shipment to Nepal Saves Seder
A large shipment of Passover supplies arrived in Kathmandu just in time for seder. The container arrived after being released from an Indian port on Monday, hours before the seder scheduled for up to 1,500 Jewish travelers was set to take place. The shipment included 1 ton of matzah, 2,000 bottles of wine, 3,000 pieces…
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Breaking News Temple Mount Closed as Passover Violence Flares
Israeli riot police entered one of Jerusalem’s most revered and politically sensitive religious compounds on Wednesday to disperse rock-throwing Palestinians opposed to any Jewish attempts to pray there. The confrontation erupted after Israeli police tried to escort some 20 visitors onto the plaza revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the…
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