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)