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The Newest Holiday
While you might be getting excited for next week’s Shavuot extravaganza (since when does receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai ...
The Butter Ten Commandments
Shavuot is on the horizon, which means everyone is preparing for a holiday whose main ritual is eating blintzes. Don’t ...
Instant March of the Living
Yesterday was Yom Hashoah. And while our blog had minimal coverage of the day, that doesn’t mean that people around ...
Has Twitter Made Passover Impossible?
Last night, right as Passover came to an end, I ran over to the computer in my parents’ house and ...
Wise Fridays: Matzah and Moral Corruption
“The ban on leaven during the Passover week signifies that national liberation also involves moral and spiritual rejuvenation and must ...
Things I Found Cleaning for Passover This Year
Listerine that expired in 2007 A set of acne medications prescribed to someone no one in my apartment had ever ...
Liveblogging Passover
The holiday of Passover starts at sunset tonight, right? Not really. In our household, Passover started about a month ago ...
Waste on Passover
I have always been a Passover hater. There aren’t that many of us, but what we lack in numbers we ...
Wise Fridays: Once We Were Slaves
“Once we were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out from there with a mighty hand and an ...
True Pluralism in Passover Videos
Oh yay. For all of those sick of boy band-themed Passover parodies and Kanye- and Pink-themed Passover parodies and other ...
Seder Supplements All Around
I’m not dreading the seders this year quite as much as I usually do, though I’m confident they’ll still be ...
The Downtown Seder
Last night was a culmination of good fortune, good luck, and — as always — my wife running late. The ...