Passover

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Even the hint of a religious consumer boycott can shut entire markets. Deals collapse the moment the “non-kosher” is mentioned.

This Passover was different from others because we spent too much of it in bomb shelters, pondering whether during such confinement we were truly free.

Now that Passover is actually over, please turn your attention to the crowning glory of last week’s column: bagels!

On the eve of Pessah 1944, in Bergen-Belsen, two rabbis, Rabbi Aaron Davids and Rabbi Avraham Levison, confronted an unbearable question: What does one do when the Torah itself cannot be kept?

The lesson that lingers is that freedom is not just about leaving a place of hardship; it is about creating a reality where that hardship does not repeat itself.

The following are six suggestions for dealing with the security situation in a way that may help alleviate stress.

Mimouna is a uniquely Moroccan Jewish celebration that spread more widely across Sephardi communities in the 20th century.

Whether in medieval ‘Haggadot’ or the lithographs of Bezalel, artists trace Miriam as she emerges, tambourine in hand, to lead the aftermath of the Exodus.

In their new works for the Batsheva Ensemble, choreographers Bosmat Nossan and Roni Chadash echo the rhythm of Miriam as a practice of necessity.