Celebrate

Israel’s Memorial & Independence Days

-The last surviving person to have attended the historical afternoon session when Ben Gurion read the scroll establishing the Jewish ...

Speedy Delivery

As some of you might have noticed from earlier blog posts, the synagogue I now attend is a bit old-fashioned. ...

Yad Vashem on YouTube

It seems like everyone is taking advantage of new outlets online. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum of Israel, has ...

Books about the Shoah

-The distinction between the Holocaust’s meanings and its facts “highlights a central issue in the broader debate about what it ...

Holocaust Collections and Connections

-A project sets its goal to collect 1.5 million crayons to commemorate the 1.5 million children who perished in the ...

No Room for Karpas

What does a progressive seder plate look like?A little bit like a fruit salad, according to frequent MJL contributor Jill ...

Is Passover too long?

While I love the ideas and rituals of Passover, I admit, I’m a little disappointed: Is it really only Day ...

Sports Stars Count the Omer

It’s omer counting time, and MJL has a daily counter to help you in this task. But I’m more inclined ...

The Inspired Kitchen

Lasagna for Passover? You bet. After days of preparing two (probably meat-based) seders, this dairy dish will be a welcome ...

Matzah Song

Mixed Multitudes loves Michelle Citrin and Will Levin. And we’re digging their latest collaboration on the Matzah Song–20 things to ...

Matzah, Cardboard, Same Difference.

Growing up, all of my non-Jewish friends looked forward to Passover. At lunch, all of the Jewish kids would happily ...

Passover is Coming

-On a technicality, as Judge rules that Israeli stores may display (and sell) bread during Passover. Howls — and debate ...