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By Myrna Ossin Every Passover I found myself trying to persuade my family to eat the traditional gefilte fish appetizer before the meal. I decided that I would try a refreshing change and make something that they would prefer to eat. These fish cakes were simple to make and were versatile, being able to be served hot, directly from the frying pan or warm oven, set out at room temperature before everyone sat at the table or as a cold dish served on a small plate on a lettuce leaf surrounded by...
"Meeting Moses," the first in a new series of children's picture books, is releasing just in time to delight children ages 5-8 for Passover. Author Robert Chasin and illustrator Matt Roussel are excited to team up for the Meeting Bible Heroes series, which introduces kids to important Bible characters from the Torah in an entertaining manner. "I cannot think of anything more rewarding than inspiring children to look within, and to develop their own special relationship with God. My intention...
(JTA)-The 30-day period between Purim and Passover is often fraught, especially for Jews-especially if, against all sound advice, they insist on hosting a Passover seder. To ease the challenging process of planning and preparing the festive meal, we offer this handy Passover countdown checklist: 30 days out (the day after Purim): Begin going over your invite list for the seder. Parents, siblings and their kids, check. Widowed Aunt Fay? Of course. But Cousin Eric? A nice guy, but how did he...
The secret truth is that for many people, the reading of the Haggadah can be a boring and tiresome experience. A typical response is to either skip pages or to buy a "shortened" Haggadah, which deletes material so as to make the Seder less "painfully long." In contrast, the Dry Bones Passover Haggadah takes a completely opposite approach to solving the problem. It expands the Haggadah with colorful and funny cartoons framing every one of its 104 pages. The resulting Dry Bones Passover Seder...
Repair the World supplements wise, wicked, simple, quiet sons at this year’s seder A special Passover supplement to spur challenging and meaningful conversations on racial justice is now available from Repair the World—the Jewish Service leader—and the Jewish Multiracial Network. Tweaking the tradition of four sons asking loaded questions and receiving answers in kind, “The Four People” are each on their own racial justice journey and ask questions reflecting their multiple perspectives, various backgrounds, different races, and different...
A new Haggadah that builds on the Exodus and teaches the Israel connection A new Passover Haggadah is being distributed by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, that emphasizes not only the themes of slavery and freedom but also underscores Jews' 3,000-year-long connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. The Haggadah, "From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel," is the brainchild of StandWithUs co-founder and COO, Jerry Rothstein. "According to a Pew research survey, 70...
Jewish center in Sweden decides to close after anti-Semitic threats (JTA)—A Jewish center in northern Sweden will close after receiving anti-Semitic threats. The members of the Judisk Föreningen, or Jewish Association, in Umea, decided Sunday at a meeting to shut down its building and end its activities, The Local-Sweden reported. The association has received threatening emails, and the building was vandalized with stickers of swastikas and spray-painted threats such as “we know where you live,” The Local reported, citing the Swedis...
