Dayenu: A Special Passover Reading for American Jews
Learn how the author of this special Passover reading views the many blessings America has offered Jews throughout history.
Learn how the author of this special Passover reading views the many blessings America has offered Jews throughout history.
The Hillel sandwich - bitter herbs and sweet charoset between two pieces of matzah - is emblematic of so many chapters of Jewish history.
At my seder, as at many, we go around the table, taking turns reading successive pieces of the text. In the Magid section (the portion of the seder that retells the story of the exodus from Egypt), right before the story of the Four Children, someone gets this
I love sharing how important the greatest Jewish story ever told – the Exodus, the centerpiece of Passover – was to the original, remarkable leaders of America.
I play a game when I read the paper, posing these questions: Which stories will fade quickly? Which will we remember years from now? Which will change our world forever?
Thriving Reform Jewish congregations in Israel can help Israelis meet modern life and all its challenges in today's Promised Land.
Marques Hollie talks to us about the Passover performance piece he created called “Go Down Moshe," at the intersection of “the shared otherness of American Jews and people of color.”
We instill in our souls that the Exodus is not simply about freedom from bondage; our master story culminates with the agency to enter into a covenantal community in which all people are bound to one another.
Although we may think time moves in a linear fashion, Jewish holidays insert themselves in unexpected moments and places, seemingly out-of-sync with our expectations.