With Passover upon us, J. is excited to share a special package of informative and thought-provoking articles about this major celebration — along with a unique game created for your delight and amusement by J.’s production director Cathleen Maclearie.

Spirituality

• Why Miriam’s Cup? Because without Miriam, Jewish life would not exist
• Miriam is the focus of a ‘mystical’ seder in San Francisco
• Make our matriarchs proud by adding girl power to the seder
• Understand the immigrant’s plight, for we were strangers in Egypt
• Torah: ‘Dayenu’ lessons for Passover — Life can be unfair, and life is beautiful
• Seder experts agree: No growling stomachs

Food & recipes

• Hold the matzah brei — try breakfast egg potato muffins
• Dill horseradish potato croquettes, braised lamb shanks, kale-apple-beet salad
• Candied orange and lemon make sponge cake a ‘keeper’
• Matzah — it’s not just for Passover anymore
• Ukraine matzah factory provides jobs, shmurah matzah for export

Kids & family

• How to engage younger generations in the seder? Digitally, of course
• A simple lesson from the kids’ end of the seder table
• Dad’s the odd man out — but he’s all in for family at Passover

Art

• Passover photo gallery
• Download, print out and play the J. Passover Seder Plate Game! (see below for lo-res version)