Recent Articles

If you're a parent, then you're involved in the letting go/breaking away cycle, which links all of us to the Passover story. Read Debra B. Darvick's latest column on Letting Go.

Perfectly Passover: A Dozen Ideas to Help Make Your Holiday More Fun Than Ever by Elizabeth Applebaum
A detailed guide to making your seder entertaining yet meaningful for all ages.

The Search (for Hametz) Is On by George Robinson
A lively how-to article about performing the ritual of searching for leaven products the night before the first seder.

Welcoming Strangers to Your Seder by Mark I. Rosen
The author of the popular Thank You for Being Such a Pain asserts that being a stranger and welcoming strangers to the seder is an opportunity to inject meaning into conducting the ritual meal and fulfills the important commandment of welcoming the stranger in unexpectedly joyous ways. With a sidebar by Rabbi Shefa Gold.

Passover in Sydney by Reba Carmel
A meditation on celebrating the spring of Passover in the middle of the winter of Australia.

Traveling Light: Reading the Haggadah by Roberta Israeloff
Israeloff's monthly column contemplates the reading of the haggadah in real time and kid time.

Of Crafts and Conversation: Searching for Hametz by Rebecca E. Kotkin
Tips on turning the search into a fun learning experience by decorating a flashlight and the hametz bag.

The Whole World is a Very Narrow Bridge by Jill Suzanne Jacobs
A personal perspective on the Exodus story.

Have you wondered exactly what the word mitzvah means? Read Rabbi Michael Gold's thoughts about this word we frequently encounter.

Learn about why we do good deeds in Penina Adelman's bible story for children.


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