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MODERN HOLIDAYS: Celebrating Recent History

Contemporary Jews observe holidays that commemorate events in recent Jewish history such as the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. These fairly recent additions to the Jewish calendar bring with them new rituals that are already deeply rooted in Jewish communities around the world.

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  • Best Seder Ever: Kishinev is for Lovers

    Passover is coming! And a huuge bucket of matzah could be coming your way, too...if you enter our Best Seder Ever contest. Thinking about the festive Passover meal has the MJL staff in an introspec...

  • Preparing for Passover: Keep it Simple

    When Passover approaches, it seems like everyone in the Jewish community goes a little bit (or more than a little bit) crazy.

  • Passover Contest: Best Seder Ever

    What's your best Passover story? It can be a horror story about Passover cleaning, or the story of how your parents met and fell in love at a Passover concert at college...or about the time your grand...

  • Spider-Man Crawls Up Kotel

    I asked Tamar, our intrepid co-blogger here, if there was such a thing as too many wacky Purim photos.

  • White Purim

    I wasn't dreaming of a white Purim, but that's what we got.