5769: The year in review
With Rosh Hashanah approaching, JTA has compiled a list of the biggest stories of the past Hebrew calendar year. More ▸
Seder
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Obama’s seder reprises last year’s on the campaign trail
The first-ever seder at the White House was a reprise of a seder Barack Obama joined last year for campaign staffers. More ▸
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Obama to host seder
President Obama will host a Passover seder Thursday evening in the White House. More ▸
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Army chaplain chief calls for Passover fast
The U.S. Army’s chief of chaplains called for a day of “prayer and fasting” on April 8, apparently not realizing that the date coincides with the first seder of Passover. More ▸
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Lawmakers attend hunger awareness seder
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. lawmakers and a White House official participated in a seder bringing attention to the issue of child nutrition and hunger. More ▸
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Elijah’s comin’ — and he’s not goin’
What if the prophet stops by for the seder but never leaves? More ▸
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Seders focus on freedom, hunger, the Earth
By Amy KleinNew seders looking at pressing social problems include the Freedom Seder for the Earth and the Child Nutrition Seder, and come with their own Haggadahs. More ▸
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The seder: A pathway to spiritual well-being
The seder is essentially comprised of four elements, each representing Judaism’s answer to how to live a healthy spiritual life, a rabbi-author writes. More ▸
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Kramer at the seder: Pop culture jazzes Haggadah
For a different “different” night, introduce books, movies and TV shows that have engaged the popular imagination as a way to connect to the text. More ▸
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Farming the land, Torah in hand
By Sue FishkoffA growing number of young activists in the new Jewish food movement are turning to the land as a way of expressing their Jewish values. More ▸
