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• After Santa Monica bombing, shuls ponder openness vs. security

  April 14, 2011 9:06pm

  The arrest of a Jewish transient in suburban Cleveland on charges of setting off a bomb next to a California Chabad synagogue raises the question of how Jewish institutions should balance openness with security.

• Virtual seder, real kids

  April 14, 2011 2:01am

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• Tips for non-Jews at their first Seder

  April 12, 2011 10:37pm

    InterfaithFamily.com has posted a host of resources for non-Jews attending – or hosting – their first Passover Seder.   Learn why the holiday is so important to Jews (it’s all about family, the site suggests) and get insight into the Jewish concept of time (it’s holy).   The romantic implications are also explored in…

• ‘Google Exodus’ tells the Passover tale via tweets, Facebook

  April 12, 2011 9:48pm

  What would the Exodus have looked like online? A new video tells the story using Facebook, Google, Twitter, Skype and other Internet-era social media.

• From oranges to artichokes, chocolate and olives, using seder plate as a call to action

  April 12, 2011 2:17am

  The seder plate increasingly is being pressed into service for all kinds of causes, from rotting lettuce marking urban “food deserts,” coffee beans symbolizing fair trade practices and olives suggesting Israeli-Palestinian peace. You can add oranges, artichokes and chocolate, too.

• What rocks your Seder plate?

  April 11, 2011 10:10pm

  Like matzoh best? Or are the Four Cups more to your taste? Four items from the Seder plate duke it out in this Seder Plate Champion contest on chabad.org.

• Women take the lead in this Passover quiz

  April 11, 2011 10:02pm

  Who in the Passover story has "two mommies?"   A)  Miriam B)  Pharaoh  C)  Moses D)  Xena, Warrior Princess   To find the answer and for seven more questions that challege gender stereotypes, try this Passover Gender Quiz sponsored by Moving Traditions, an organization that helps teenagers engage more deeply in their Judaism.   

• Conservatives taking kashrut challenge up a notch

  April 11, 2011 9:52pm

  This summer’s planned rollout of the Conservative-backed seal of ethical kosher production coincides with an increase in the number of Conservative rabbis acting as kosher supervisors.

• Fire destroys Chabad preschool in Brooklyn

  April 11, 2011 8:50pm

  The cause of a fire that destroyed a Chabad preschool in Brooklyn is under investigation.

• Empire Kosher chief recognized for food donations

  April 11, 2011 8:39pm

  The head of Empire Kosher Poultry was honored for helping to feed New York’s Jewish poor.