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Participants dance through the “Red Sea” during the Deadhead seder in San Rafael on April 4. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Annual Deadhead seder is definitely different from all others

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins April 7, 2026April 14, 2026
Mimouna celebration
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Celebrate Passover’s end with Mimouna events across the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)
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10 things to do with your kids during Passover in Northern California

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
Memorial candles were lit during Holocaust Remembrance Day at the JCC of San Francisco in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Never forget: Holocaust Remembrance Day events around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 6, 2026April 8, 2026
The seder plate at last year's “Coming Home: A Sensual Seder for Love and Liberation” event. (Courtesy Mira Stern)
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This seder leans on sensory experiences and a ‘liberation chic’ dress code

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 3, 2026April 6, 2026
Seder table
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Passover events in the Bay Area keep on coming

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 1, 2026April 3, 2026
A woman shows a missile alert notification on her mobile phone as residents take cover indoors following missile fire from Iran toward Israel on the eve of the Passover, in Mishmar David, April 1. 2026. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
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Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war with Iran

by Theia Chatelle April 1, 2026April 1, 2026
Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel in Detroit holds Lego blocks, urging families to add the children’s toy to their Seder plates in the wake of a recent attack on the synagogue. (Facebook)
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Temple Israel calls for a Lego on the seder plate after attack

by Grace Gilson April 1, 2026April 1, 2026
Women dancing at Mimouna
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Upcoming events: Mimouna. ‘Lost in Yonkers.’ Isaac Mizrahi.

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight March 31, 2026March 31, 2026
This Savory Cabbage Layer “Cake” with Meat is an alternative to stuffed cabbage. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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This trendy Passover ‘cake’ turns stuffed cabbage on its head 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 27, 2026March 31, 2026

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