Category: Religion
The Idiot’s Guide to Passover
Jerusalem Post So what’s this holiday all about? Grab your Seder plate and burn your sourdough, it’s time to talk about Passover. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738931
Read MoreMimouna: Moroccan Jewry’s annual post-Passover jam-packed holiday
Jerusalem Post Often just an hour after Passover ends, Moroccan households host Mimouna, an open-house party that is most famous for mufleta, a Moroccan crepe spread with butter honey or jam. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738930
Read MorePassover’s crazy seventh night: An oft-unloved Jewish holiday – opinion
Jerusalem Post If the holidays were The Beatles, Shvi’i shel Pessah would be Ringo. If a nightly news show, it would be the weather report. If an American sports league, it would be the National Hockey League. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738938
Read MoreA Zionist Omer: Significant days in Israeli history
Jerusalem Post A proposal for a Zionist counting of the Omer, a purposeful reflection on the significance of just a few of the anniversaries, commemorations, and celebrations in the weeks ahead. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738937
Read MorePassover candle-lighting times for Israel and US
Jerusalem Post See Passover times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738925
Read MorePassover in the shadow of the climate crisis
Jerusalem Post The climate crisis, which is already raining down plagues upon the earth, advances at an accelerated pace. The doom of millions of people and thousands of species, barring a miracle, is inevitable. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738934
Read MoreShanghai Passover: Celebrating the holiday in China’s COVID lockdown
Jerusalem Post Recollection of the lockdown Passover Seder of 2022 in Shanghai, China. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738933
Read MorePassover: Surviving in Israel is a miracle, we will make it past this
Jerusalem Post Living in Israel has allowed me to understand the concept of a modern miracle because we live it here each day. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738926
Read MoreThe ‘Hilula” for Baba Meir: the Breslavian influencer has arrived at the residence of Rabbi Pinto
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-738900
Read MoreScientists finish 200-year decryption of ancient Greek-Egyptian treatise – study
Jerusalem Post The manuscript is believed to be a lost treatise by Ptolemy on his Meteoroscope. It was hidden within a copy of Etymologiae. Deciphering it has taken over 200 years. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738848
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