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The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)

A Jewish educator discovers new meaning in a seder ritual that a lot of people, well, pass over.

By Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner April 3, 2023 1:00 pm

The Sit-Down Ideas

‘The Jewish Catalog’ turbocharged DIY Judaism. 50 years later, one of its editors is back with a ‘bookend.’

Fifty years after “The Jewish Catalog,” Michael Strassfeld sets out to describe the purpose of ritual and observance.

April 2, 2023 6:45 am

A court ruling has transformed — and limited — the way New York state can regulate yeshivas

A judge in Albany ruled that the state no longer has the power to effectively force yeshivas to close for not teaching secular studies in a way that is “substantially equivalent” to education in public school.

March 31, 2023 4:35 pm

Where to celebrate Passover in NYC: seders, art and matzah pizza

By Julia Gergely March 31, 2023 2:28 pm

Ideas

An 1859 fight over how to make matzah has lessons about the threat of AI today

By David Zvi Kalman March 31, 2023 12:58 pm

Teen Fellowship

How hard is it to talk about Israel? We asked 4 Jewish teens

By Ami Gelman March 30, 2023 3:40 pm

The first Passover haggadah in Ukrainian marks a community’s break with Russia

By David I. Klein March 29, 2023 4:01 pm

US ambassador: Biden will host Netanyahu after Passover, but no date set yet

By Ron Kampeas March 28, 2023 10:55 am

Teen Fellowship

How one of North America’s largest Conservative congregations added 900 new members in 8 months

By Jack Freeman March 28, 2023 10:00 am

Teen Fellowship

Meet the Jewish teens whose social media experience is better than you think

By Micole Friedman March 27, 2023 2:06 pm

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