Local leaders abuzz about US-Israel rift
Question how blunder could have occurred
While Israel scrambles to control the damage from last week’s ill-timed announcement about new housing in East Jerusalem, local Jewish leaders are trying to figure out how the apparent blunder happened in the first place. Full Story
Arts center: We can live without a home
“When New Center for Arts and Culture opens its doors and lights up the night along the Rose Kennedy Greenway in about four years from now, the room to book is 1615 of the Boston Harbor Hotel which overlooks the site.”
So started a front page story in the Advocate on Dec. 2, 2004. Full Story
Shul at center of joy, ire
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger completes writing a Torah scroll at the opening of the newly rebuilt Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City Jewish Quarter. Full Story
For kollel, a building of its own
Rabbis study ancient texts in spacious new quarters
Since he was a student at MIT close to 20 years ago, Joseph Jacobson has studied Talmud and other religious texts at the Kollel of Greater Boston. Full Story
Don’t marry DiCaprio, Israeli model told
A member of the nationalist Israeli organization Lehava wrote a personal letter to Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli last week, asking her not to marry her boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio.
According to Ha’aretz, Lehava works against intermarriage between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Full Story
A seder of two cultures
For centuries, Jews fled their home countries of first Portugal, then Morocco, for Cape Verde. There, they intermarried and converted. Today, the only remnants of their religion are some tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions and a town named Sinagoga. Full Story
How many matzah balls can you eat in five minutes?
The Jewish world of competitive eating
The Passover Haggadah proclaims, “All who are hungry, let them come and eat.” But before you invite Eric “Badlands” Booker to your Seder, be advised. Full Story
Preparing ahead for a Pesach meal
I think that of all the holidays, Passover is the festival that makes me feel most connected to my heritage and my ancestors. The ritual Passover meal is a proscribed feast that is still observed as part of the tradition that has been handed down to us for thousands of years. Full Story
A magical cup invites Elijah to your seder
Each year at Passover time, my goal is to learn something that I didn’t know before and pass that new tradition on to my children so that they better understand their own heritage. In other words, I want them to appreciate who they are and where they’ve come from as Jews. Full Story
How to make a exciting seder
How do we make a potentially dull and long Passover ritual into an exciting and riveting learning experience for young and old alike? Full Story
Great matzah ball debate rages on
Sinkers or floaters? That was the question always asked of Grandma Minnie’s maztah balls, at the first Seder. Would her always delicious matzah balls sink to the bottom of the deep, cup-like bowls of her wonderfully rich chicken soup, or would they float delicately on the surface? Full Story
Celebrating the seder, as if we were in Egypt
A Passover pageant for all ages
With stories of young boys facing death defying adventure as they come of age, mysteries, secret identities, and even some mysticism, anyone would think that the story of Pesach would keep children interested and eager to participate in the Seder each year. Full Story
A Fictional Pesach Tale: Elijah the Cat
Our cat’s name was Elijah. I know it sounds like a funny name for a cat, but there was a good reason for it. We met Elijah on the first night of Passover, in the middle of the seder. There we were, ready to read from the Hagaddah. My little sister was sent to open the door for Elijah the Prophet, but instead of the Prophet, in came a cat. Full Story
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