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Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
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Local and global online events for Israel’s Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020April 29, 2020
Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
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Virtual memorial plaques projected on gates of Auschwitz for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 21, 2020
a seder plate with shank, egg, maror, haroset, parsley and and orange
Posted inPassover

Shankbone, matzah and maror had special significance this year

Ilana Cartun Tunca by Ilana Cartun Tunca April 16, 2020April 16, 2020
Kosha Dillz in his music video for "Schmoozin'." (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Rapper Kosha Dillz organizes virtual Passover music fest

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 14, 2020April 15, 2020
Jason Alexander, upper right, invites non-Jews Josh Groban, upper left, Darren Criss, lower left and Rachel Brosnahan to join in a virtual Seder webcast on YouTube, April 11, 2020.
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Star-studded Saturday Night Seder yields 1M viewers, $2.6M for charity and 4 big insights about the Jewish people

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Hallie Dolcourt’s seder setup (COURTESY DOLCOURT)
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How Bay Area Jews coped with seder-in-place

by J. Staff April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
The second annual women's seder led by Geri Kahn (top left) was held on Zoom on April 5. (RACHEL RASKIN-ZRIHEN)
Posted inPassover

Our seder celebrated the courageous women of the Passover story

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
Moses Prince of Egypt Exodus
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How to tell a Jewish story: ‘Yes, we can!’ not ‘No, we can’t’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 10, 2020
San Francisco native Cole is spending Passover on base. (COURTESY FIDF)
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Passover lockdown in Israel cuts ‘lone soldiers’ from Bay Area off from family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2020April 13, 2020
Luda Shuster (right) with daughter Sasha, former husband Volodya and mother-in-law Anya in Moscow 1979.
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Why that night in Moscow in 1979 was different from all other nights

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster April 8, 2020

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