Mah Nishtanah: Why is My Passover Different from All Other Passovers?
Mah nishtanah? The familiar words echo through my mind, and yet, for me, they now ask a new question: Mah nishtanah, why is my Passover different from all other Passovers?
Passover Parodies Abound!
At every celebratory Jewish holiday, YouTube seems to burst forth with related parodies, songs, and sketches - and Passover is no exception. Here's are three great new Pesach vids making the rounds on the Internet.
Springs Means Sports and Nostalgia
Spring is the best time of year for the sports fan. I am a sports fan - but already this spring, I miss my baby brother.
In the Twilight at Passover
In the twilight we find meaning
transition between night and day
the interplay of light and shadows
the interplay between one idea and another
thoughts vying for attention
like bird songs at dawn and dusk
the times of day with the most song
How I Hosted a Huge Seder Without Cooking
Although my family started out with the smallest guest list in years last Passover, we ended up with the most well-attended seder we have ever hosted. Thanks to technology, tradition, and trust, we had more people at our seder table than ever before.
Malaria: The Modern Plague
The Religious Action Center is partnering with Nothing But Nets to make the malaria crisis history.
What Children Can Teach Us at Rosh HaShanah
A deep spiritual life is hard to find. While opportunities abound for spiritual connections (yoga, meditation, retreats and the like), for most of us it doesn’t come easy.
Simultaneous Joy and Pain: The Wisdom of the Counting of the Omer
This year at our Passover seder, I experienced something deeply powerful which I had not felt in the context of Passover before.
On Jewish Unity
I met him on my flight back to Boston from Atlanta. He was a Muslim student from Dubai, I was a Jewish student from the United States. We had come from very different places but were on our way to the same university.