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 SHEVET ACHIM Synagogue, serving the Georgian community, South Netanya.

Netanya: Look at all the synagogues!

 Visitors watch sunrise from Mount Sinai in Egypt, where Moses is believed to have received the 10 Commandments.

Passover 2024: The Jewish experience and learned wisdom

By Stanley Ringler
 The first American depiction of the Four Sons. (‘Haggadah for Passover,’ Hayyim Liberman, Chicago, 1879)

The Kaplan Collection brings Passover to life

By DAVID GEFFEN
Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 ONE ACCEPTING the yoke of heaven enters into a relationship of love and friendship with God.

Shabbat Passover: Song of love, longing, and illumination

 FAMILY and friends attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Shilo Har-Even on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl,  Oct. 13, 2023.

All Jews must be there for the yizkor prayer after October 7

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
 An item on the menu announced on April 21, 2024 by the Laniado Hospital in Netanya: Chilli in wine sauce, confit carrots and mushrooms.

Laniado Hospital launches gourmet meals for Passover

 A depiction of the Roman triumph celebrating the conquest of Jerusalem on the Arch of Titus in Rome, featuring the menorah and other items taken from the Second Temple.

The story of Passover: Jewish-Roman wars and the power of friendship

By JACOB SIVAK
 ‘THE TREES can teach us about embracing change, as they are always shedding their skin. Letting go of the old layers to make room for new growth.’

Passover: Universal lessons from the environment

 PARK ARIEL SHARON

Passover 2024: Five hidden gems of Israel to experience on Hol Hamoed

By TALY SHARON
 THE HAGGADAH by Meshullam Zimmel from 1719.

Passover: The storied Haggadot of the National Library of Israel

By LINDA GRADSTEIN , JUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Over 100 Ukrainian Jewish Refugees Celebrate Passover in Poland

Impacted by two wars, Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate a special Passover in Poland

 NO MATTER what traditions people bring to the Seder, the constant is the Haggadah.

Passover 2024: The different Jewish traditions for the Seder night

Increasing in security, increasing in prayer  In the shadow of war and the Iranian threat: Jewish communities prepare for Passover

How are Jews celebrating Passover amid the hostage crisis and Iran's threat?

 Photos of the Bibas family, thought to be held hostage in Gaza, are seen at a Passover ceremony in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on April 11, 2024.

What lessons can we learn from the Haggadah this Passover?

 THE SEDER takes place, last year, in the Land of Israel.

This Haggadah can help you have a Zionist Seder this Passover

By MORDECHAI BECK
 A FAMILY participates in their Passover Seder in 2023.

How the Israel-Hamas War shadow looms over the Passover Seder

 Ultra Orthodox Jews prepare Matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the 8-day Jewish holiday of Passover, in Jerusalem on April 9, 2024.

Passover: What you need to know about the Jewish holiday

Shabbat candles

Passover candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 A traditional Seder table setting.

Passover during war: Why is this Seder different from all other Seders?

 NO MATTER what traditions people bring to the Seder, the constant is the Haggadah.

11 Passover haggadah supplements to print if you want to discuss October 7 at your seder

By JTA STAFF
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