Passover

First-ever Canadian Haggadah has a distinctly north-of-the-border vibe

The volume offers “a Canadian perspective on our timeless story of freedom – our Jewish history as seen through Canadian eyes,” states the Passover book’s introduction.

By Ron Csillag March 5, 2015 3:29 pm

At Streit’s 90-year-old Lower East Side factory, ‘the men’ turn out their last matzah batch

With the factory’s shutdown at the end of the Passover season, most of the 30 employees will be leaving the family-owned firm as it moves production across the river.

February 25, 2015 2:53 pm

How Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspired a Passover Seder

All this week, Jewniverse is honoring Black History Month with some of our favorite stories from the archives. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated just eight days before Passover in 1968. Among those grieving his loss were Jews who had joined his nonviolent protest movement, and were dedicated to the causes of civil rights and peace that he championed. Many […]

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