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Holocaust Remembrance

Holocaust Remembrance

by | May 3, 2016 | Holocaust, Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Compels a Pluralistic Approach to Synagogue Life   Sergio Della Pergola, child of the Holocaust, was born in Trieste, Italy in 1942. He survived to become the leading authority in the demography and statistics related to the Jewish...
Celebrate Passover End With Mimouna

Celebrate Passover End With Mimouna

by | Mar 2, 2020 | Jewish Food, Passover

“Mimouna” Concluding Passover With A Sephardi Festival  Celebrate Passover End With Mimouna – Saturday Evening April 19 – Sunday April 20, 2025 Mimouna, (pronounced “mee-moh-oo-na” ) is the name given to the little known seder that celebrates...
Seder Plate History

Seder Plate History

by | Mar 2, 2025 | Passover

Let’s “Dish” About the Seder Plate! In ancient times our sages taught that in anticipation of the Passover holiday, we Jews should prepare a specially made, large wicker container in which to place Passover’s symbolic foods. This wicker container would then be...
The Modern Seder – Women’s Role

The Modern Seder – Women’s Role

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Passover

New Passover Traditions Arise As We Celebrate the Changing Role of Jewish Women: Beginning in the mid 1970’s when the first woman rabbi was ordained in the Reform movement, modern Jews have expanded the role that women play in Jewish culture, tradition and observance....
Last Supper? Passover Seder?

Last Supper? Passover Seder?

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Passover

Ancient Seder Traditions Was the Last Supper a Passover Seder? Originally, Passover night was a rather informal affair, There was no ornate Passover plate, no Haggadah, the book of prayers and blessings that we today at every Passover seder.  Instead in ancient times...