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As we eagerly step forward into spring, Passover and Easter beckon. It’s a moment to cherish age-old traditions and create new ones with family and friends, as we greet the season. Welcome … more

By Karen Bloom | 3/22/23

From the staging area to the vehicles lined up for the food orders, the SKA campus was a beehive of activity last Sunday.

South Shore Nassau volunteers help fill the need for Passover meals

More than 50 volunteers filled over 375 alphabetized food orders and placed them in a makeshift staging area in the parking of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls campus in Hewlett Bay Park last Sunday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/14/22

Rabbi Janet Liss, North Country Reform Temple

Passover message is ‘particularly poignant’

The Torah teaches us that every generation is obligated to tell the story of the Exodus from Egyptian bondage into freedom as if we personally experienced it. Passover is the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday throughout all streams of Judaism. The holiday also takes on contemporary meaning reflecting the moral, ethical issues and the realities of the day. This year its message is particularly poignant. more

Rabbi Janet Liss | 3/25/21

This Passover, let's work toward being truly free

Like last year, Passover still looks different than years past, but even comparing last year to this year, I think it’s different. more

By Nancy Dubin | 3/25/21

Remembering God’s miracles this Passover

Passover commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted by the Seder meals that include four cups of wine, eating … more

By Rabbi Chaim Blachman | 3/25/21

As New Yorkers get their vaccines, more families will be able to observe Passover Seders with their loved ones than last year.

Celebrating the pandemic’s second Passover

For Jewish families, this will be the second Covid-restricted celebration of Passover. The holiday will begin on Sunday. more

By Jennifer Corr | 3/24/21

Suzanne Litman, a second generation Holocaust survivor, presented an album that her grandchildren made her and dropped on her doorstep for Passover this year, since the family could not celebrate together in person.

Oceansiders observe Holocaust Remembrance Day virtually

The Jewish Community Council of Oceanside (JECOCO) held its annual Yom Hashoah commemoration a little differently this year — via Zoom video conference. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 4/21/20

A Passover message: There is always something good

In every bad situation, there is also always something good that comes of it. The Talmudic character Nachum Ish Gamzu is famous, in Jewish tradition, for seeing the silver lining in … more

By Rabbi Royi Shaffin | 4/8/20

Rabbi Marc A. Gruber, Central Synagogue - Beth Emeth

This Passover, continue to make connections

This year as we tell the story of Passover, the concept of a plague will be rendered meaningful through our own experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. more

By Rabbi Marc Gruber | 4/7/20

This Passover will pass over

A Passover message from Rabbi Uri Goren of Temple Avodah in Oceanside. more

By Rabbi Uri Goren | 4/7/20

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