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7 Ways to Celebrate Tu BiShvat – Even in the Winter
For many of us, Tu BiShvat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates trees and the earth, falls in the middle of the coldest, snowiest part of the year. Nonetheless, here are seven ways you can celebrate the new year of the trees and planet Earth
Celebrate Tu Bishvat with Shalom Sesame: Honoring the Trees
Watch these Shalom Sesame videos with your children to learn about Tu Bishvat, then try some of the fun discussion ideas and activities recommended by Reform Jewish educators.
Celebrate Tu Bishvat with Shalom Sesame: Tikkun Olam
Watch these Shalom Sesame videos with your children to learn about Tu Bishvat, then try some of the fun discussion ideas and activities recommended by Reform Jewish educators.
Aromatic Clementine Lanterns - Bundles of Bounty and Beauty
I’ve always been fascinated and inspired by things that spoon, nestle and stack... from measuring spoons to matrushka dolls, husk tomatoes and garden-fresh peas in a pod.
Drink Pairings for Your Passover Seder: Getting Creative with the Four Cups
The Passover seder includes the drinking of four cups of wine. In honor of this custom, we’ve gotten creative with the four cups, sharing fun food and wine pairings for your Passover seder and beyond.
Matzah Brei and Beyond: Recipes for a Festive Passover Brunch
Passover is the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America, with almost 90 percent of American Jews attending some sort of Passover gathering – which also makes it a great time to invite friends and family for brunch.
Miriam's Cup: A Supplemental Reading for the Passover Haggadah
For many of us, we look to pay tribute to the girls and women, past and present, who make such important contributions to our lives and to Judaism as a whole. We do this by including Miriam’s Cup in our seder.
There's More to the Haggadah Than Meets the Eye
The Passover Haggadah can be read in the simplest form without much interpretation, but, in fact, the Haggadah is itself interpretation, or midrash.
To Revolt or Not? Deciphering Passover's Secret Code
Because Passover commemorates the liberation of our ancestors from slavery in Egypt, one might think the seder would more likely resemble an ancient Egyptian meal. The seder, in fact, replicates the feast of a later oppressor – the Romans – from reclining, washing hands, beginning with an egg, dipping in salt water, wine libations, and discussions of the afikomen (Greek for “revelry”).