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An Eco Seder with a Small Carbon Footprint

For Shira Dicker, a longtime environmental activist, coronavirus has unexpectedly helped her stay true to her saving-the-planet principles this Passover. The publicist/event planner from the Upper West Side had planned to spend the first seder sitting on the Santa Monica beach with her family, eating a meal on bamboo dishes and dipping her toes in […]

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The Promise of Passover, in an Age of Coronavirus

In my favorite scene from the Disney classic “Mary Poppins,” Mary has just taken up her post as the Banks family’s nanny and is setting up her room in the nursery. One by one, she pulls items out of her carpetbag — a hat stand, floor lamp, houseplant and large mirror — while her young […]

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