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Modernizing the Passover Seder
Dear Rabbi Fried, This may sound a little revolutionary, but I have a new idea for the Seder. Instead of just reading through the same monotonous Haggadah year after year,

Easy-to-make Passover recipes
By Tina Wasserman The following are some recipes that I think you might enjoy and find useful for your Passover or any meal during the holiday. Easy to make, do

Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
By Shannon Sarna I love it when people taste my pareve desserts and say, “Wow — this is pareve!?” It’s the same rule with Passover dishes and desserts. Which is

These Passover pancake noodles are better than matzo balls
Everything you need to know about Flädla (including a recipe) By Liz Susman Karp and Natalie Gorlin Last April, as the pandemic raged in my area, I opened my front

Passover Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
By Chanie Apfelbaum There’s nothing like Passover to remind us where we come from. In many Jewish homes, Passover traditions are carried down from father to son, establishing the family’s

Charoset recipes, new and old
By Tina Wasserman Passover is coming, Passover is coming! As I pretend to be the Jewish Paul Revere, should the rest of the thought be “One if by mix and
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Ideas for your Passover Seders
Dear Families, Passover is almost here and hopefully you have begun your preparations from food to Haggadah and, of course, who’s coming? Many families have a Passover Seder tradition that
Passover: All about matzo
Dear Rabbi Fried, The Jewish kids in our class were asked to give explanations on the symbolisms of the Passover rituals, and I was given matzo to explain. Could you
What I told Madeleine Albright when she found out she was Jewish
By Stuart E. Eizenstat (JTA) — “How long have you known me, Stu?” Madeleine Albright asked me that question with a sense of urgency I had not heard from her
Recipes

Masa Tiganitas: Sephardi matzo brei — but better
By Rachel Ringler (The Nosher) — Leave it to Sephardic Jews to make even a pedestrian dish — the ubiquitous matzo brei, a mashup of fried matzo and egg —

Instant Pot Kosher Cookbook
Author Paula Shoyer calls the apparatus revolutionary By Marshall Weiss (The Dayton Jewish Observer via JNS) Just in time for Passover, kosher cooking maven/author Paula Shoyer’s “Instant Pot Kosher Cookbook”

Pesach 2021: the holiday of our (impending) freedom
By Ethel G. Hofman (JNS) We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. With coronavirus vaccinations ramping up throughout the country, this may be the last Jewish