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From ‘Seinfeld’ to WWII Morocco, these new Haggadah options will spice up your Passover Seder

It’s a golden age for creative haggadahs.

By Gabe Friedman March 9, 2021 3:09 pm

In new Passover children’s books, a bespectacled lion reads the Haggadah and a Depression-era mitzvah

There’s also another retelling of a beloved I.L. Peretz story in a new publication of “The Magician’s Visit,” adapted by Barbara Diamond Goldin.

March 8, 2021 11:28 am

A varsity letter, 63 years late: California cantor helps reverse a homophobic snub

Former California state assembly member Tom Ammiano was denied a high school letter from his Catholic high school because he was gay. Cantor Stephen Saxon fixed that.

March 5, 2021 11:10 am

‘Peaceful existence’: Jews in Iran freely observe their religion, communal leader says

By Gary Rosenblatt March 5, 2021 10:59 am

Israel’s army faces a new challenge: beard complaints

By Gabe Friedman March 4, 2021 4:41 pm

Charles Barkley jokes about losing weight to dance the hora at daughter’s Jewish wedding

By Gabe Friedman March 4, 2021 12:44 pm

Jews in mourning are finding unexpected comfort in virtual minyans

By Asaf Elia-Shalev March 3, 2021 4:15 pm

A New York lox company has boomed during the pandemic — by selling smoked salmon from England

By Amanda Gordon March 3, 2021 3:25 pm

Amazon alters app logo that drew comparisons to Hitler’s mustache

By Gabe Friedman March 2, 2021 3:32 pm

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On a Jewish tour of northern Ontario, small spaces convey decades of history

By Robert Walker February 25, 2021 4:27 pm

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From ‘Seinfeld’ to WWII Morocco, these new Haggadah options will spice up your Passover Seder

In new Passover children’s books, a bespectacled lion reads the Haggadah and a Depression-era mitzvah

A varsity letter, 63 years late: California cantor helps reverse a homophobic snub

‘Peaceful existence’: Jews in Iran freely observe their religion, communal leader says

Israel’s army faces a new challenge: beard complaints

Charles Barkley jokes about losing weight to dance the hora at daughter’s Jewish wedding

Jews in mourning are finding unexpected comfort in virtual minyans

A New York lox company has boomed during the pandemic — by selling smoked salmon from England

Amazon alters app logo that drew comparisons to Hitler’s mustache

On a Jewish tour of northern Ontario, small spaces convey decades of history

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