Passover

Preparing for Passover in Guatemala

Wow!! Again, the time is almost here and there are plenty of things to do. One of our favorite holidays ...

Mensch Madness, Game 3: Mordechai vs. Moses!

In this alliterative Mensch Madness match up, Mordechai and Moses are about to meet!This match is tough, because both of ...

A Modern Passover Miracle

This modern Passover Miracle story is perfect for sharing with friends and family at your Seder. At Passover, every person ...

A Whipping Man Seder

The Whipping Man , by playwright Matthew Lopez, depicts an amazing historical convergence: the Civil War’s end, this nation’s long ...

How Many More Years Of Slaves?

This morning, my friend and co-worker Nonnie asked me if I had seen the Oscars. I told her I had ...

Passover in Pakistan

In 1990, I worked with Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, then the site of the largest refugee population in the ...

Privilege & Oppression

We recently finished celebrating Passover, a holiday where “oppression” is an ongoing theme (and freedom, of course, is our cause ...

Unleavened Equality

I will never forget the moment when my daughter came out. She was 5 years old. We were eating dinner ...

It’s Over…or Is It?

Passover has passed us over and last night’s dinner was a veritable chametz -fest. “But wait!” you shout, “Passover isn’t ...

A Contemporary Story Of Redemption

“My father was a wandering Aramean.” With this quote, from Deuteronomy 26:5, we begin not only the Maggid (story-telling) portion ...