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The University of Chicago was just given the largest private collection of antique Haggadahs. Here are a few of them.

Stephen Durchslag’s collection includes works in 31 different languages, from medieval Italian to Yiddish to Judeo-Arabic.

By Gabe Friedman March 26, 2021 10:50 am

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

“Before, we very seldom cooperated on much — if anything at all,” said the head of Ireland’s Jewish Representative Council.

March 24, 2021 3:34 pm

Taiwan’s small Jewish community is gearing up for a big Passover party — no masks required

The island nation had one of the lowest COVID rates in the developed world, which induced many those who would have normally returned home to stay.

March 24, 2021 11:59 am

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

By Penny Schwartz March 23, 2021 10:01 am

The average age of volunteers at this food pantry was 89. Then the pandemic arrived.

By Ron Kampeas March 22, 2021 3:26 pm

He convened an early effort to shut down Jewish life. Now this Orthodox rabbi is back at synagogue and school.

By Shira Hanau March 22, 2021 10:59 am

A recent photo of Ruben Golran, whose bar mitzvah in February 2020 was canceled due to early COVID restrictions in Italy. He celebrated in synagogue almost exactly a year later. (Courtesy of Elia Golran)

In Italy, a belated bar mitzvah celebration gives way to renewed virus fears

By Ben Sales March 22, 2021 10:57 am

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One year into gigging exclusively online, a Jewish musician says her new ‘hybrid’ lifestyle is here to stay

By Gabe Friedman March 22, 2021 10:38 am

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Staffing down, but ‘visitors’ up: How the Tenement Museum weathered its COVID-19 closure

By Asaf Elia-Shalev March 22, 2021 10:34 am

A Jewish-Asian young adult grieves a lost senior year, and so much more

By Gabe Friedman March 22, 2021 9:46 am

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