Seder

Shopping for a Southern Seder

Shopping for Passover items can be challenging in small Southern towns – and I’m sure there are others around the ...

One game-changing innovation for your Seder this year

Around this time of year I often find myself fielding questions about what haggadah to use, and how families can ...

Is Reading Enough?

Jews across the world are preparing to sit down with their families and read the Haggadah this Passover. Although this is ...

Queering Your Seder: LGBTQ Haggadot

Passover is fast approaching, which means it’s time to prepare to lead, or participate in, a seder. It can be ...

Bronfman & Mile End: New, Old and Delish

The first time I heard of “Montreal-style Deli” was a few years ago when i was still working for Edgar ...

A Departure From the Traditional: The Bronfman Haggadah

When I set out to create the illustrations for  The Bronfman Haggadah , I knew I wanted it to be ...

For the Sake of Unification

Soon after learning my late grandmother’s family lived in Nachlaot, I accepted an invitation for Shabbat dinner from sweet friends, Mottle ...

L’Shana Habah…at a Restaurant?!

This week Jon Stewart called for the Jews to “take it up a notch” since our traditions couldn’t possibly compete ...

Teaching the Four Sons in the 21st Century

We had reached one of those loaded moments in our family Passover seder where all my acumen as a parent, ...

Had Gadya

A Passover song depicted in pictures

Mystical Israel

Medieval kabbalah offers various approaches to the Land of Israel.

The Promise of the Promised Land

In the Bible, possession of the Land of Israel is tied to moral behavior.