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a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inColumns

Emerging from Covid is our parting-of-the-Red-Sea moment

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 2, 2021April 1, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-lawriecate CC BY 2.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

At a loss after my rabbi said I’m not allowed to read Torah

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 1, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff participate in a virtual White House seder, March 25, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Doug Emhoff hosts the White House’s first online Passover seder

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 26, 2021
Smoke from the sacrificial altar rises up from Jerusalem in this 1890 painting by James Tissot.
Posted inTorah

We are imperfect — but commanded to do better

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 26, 2021March 25, 2021
Brandeis University students weighed in on their school's first-ever Passover menu at a seder taste test provided by a local kosher caterer in March 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Brandeis Hillel)
Posted inReligion

What makes this Passover different from all others? Brandeis University is celebrating.

by Penny Schwartz and JTA March 25, 2021
Shoppers faced with empty produce shelves in Belfast, Jan. 14, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Charles McQuillan-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

A Brexit Passover food shortage is forcing the Jews of Ireland and Northern Ireland to work together

by Jacob Judah and JTA March 24, 2021
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach will become interim dean of the Rabbinical School at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America in July. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JTS)
Posted inReligion

Jewish Theological Seminary names first woman as dean of its rabbinical school

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA March 23, 2021
A screenshot of a virtual Seder for U.S. lawmakers hosted by Mazon, a Jewish hunger relief advocacy group, March 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Courtesy Mazon)
Posted inNews

Record 33 lawmakers from both parties join Mazon’s hunger seder

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 19, 2021
Rabbi Ruth Adar
Posted inBay Area

‘Coffee Shop Rabbi’ taking over as HaMaqom director

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2021
Photo of a chocolate cake with candles that spell out "Happy Birthday"
Posted inTorah

Vayikra is bad for birthday cakes, but good for life guidance

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf March 19, 2021March 18, 2021

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