Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Passover, also called Pesach.
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Recipes Roman Holiday: Pizzarelle Con Miele
Pizzarelle Con Miele are a classic Roman Jewish Passover cookie. Read about how Alyssa Shelasky learned to make the recipe while living in Rome here. Inspired by Edith Arbib Anav Yield: 8 servings 8 sheets of matzo 4 eggs, lightly beaten ½ cup sugar ½ cup of kosher for Passover cocoa powder, highest quality ½…
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Food An Italian Love Story Turns Into Journey into the Passover Kitchen
A year ago, I came to Rome to work on my next book, take a break from New York, and enjoy la dolce vita ? decidedly alone. The day I arrived in the city, lost and bedraggled, I asked a stranger on a motorbike for directions. He was wearing beat-up jeans and had a devilish…
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Opinion A Hebron Land Grab, Just in Time for Passover
Getty Images For the settlement movement, there is poignancy in the fact that the Hebron Jewish community has branched out into a previously Palestinian neighborhood just before Passover. It was Passover 1968 when settlers first got their foothold in Hebron, after renting out a hotel and refusing to leave. For critics of the settlement movement,…
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Breaking News Israeli Killed in Shooting in West Bank
An Israeli man was killed in a shooting attack on a civilian car near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, military sources said. Israeli media reported the car was carrying a family to see relatives for the ritual Passover “seder” dinner. The…
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Opinion How My Grandfather Marked Passover as a Slave
The author and his grandfather / Courtesy of Hody Nemes The Exodus happened 3,000 years ago. But today, in the year 5774, we are still supposed to see ourselves as if we had experienced slavery and left Egypt, according to the Haggadah. For me, that’s always been a tall order. In order to feel like…
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Breaking News President Obama Slams ‘Terrible’ Overland Park Rampage at Easter Event
President Barack Obama on Monday deplored the shootings at Kansas City-area Jewish centers, saying at an Easter season prayer breakfast there was no place for anti-Semitism or other religious-based hatred. The federal government will provide whatever assistance is needed to investigate the attacks that killed three people on Sunday, the president said at the White…
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The Schmooze Celebrities, They’re Just Like Us: Passover Edition
For once, it doesn’t matter if you live in an L.A. mega-mansion or a tiny New York apartment – you’ve still got to clean out your hametz. A happy Passover from all your favorite Jewish celebrities. chag pesach kasher v’sameach israel! (happy passover to everyone in israel and those time zones) — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim)…
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Food 4 Cocktails for the 4 Sons
While the story of Passover may be the reason for having the seder, the real stars of the event are the food and drinks served throughout the evening. Carefully planned, perfected all day for all to enjoy while listening to the hours long story of Moses and the exodus. Like most kids growing up, the…
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