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04/02/2020

Watch: Prepping for Passover: Charoset Recipes From Three Continents

Tags: Federation, Live, Women, Israel & Overseas, Overseas, Russia, Israel, Passover, Holidays

Watch: Prepping for Passover: Charoset Recipes From Three Continents

A global cooking demonstration of charoset to prep for Passover from Cleveland's sister cities of St. Petersburg, Russia and Beit Shean, Israel.

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03/30/2020

Virtual Congregational Seder Opportunities

Tags: Federation, Passover, Holidays

Virtual Congregational Seder Opportunities

Several synagogues in Cleveland are hosting virtual Seders that you can take advantage of during this year's Passover celebrations.

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03/23/2020

WATCH: Dr. Shelly Senders on Safely Celebrating Passover

Tags: Federation, Family, Holidays, Passover, Children, Live

WATCH: Dr. Shelly Senders on Safely Celebrating Passover

Dr. Shelly Senders Speaks to our community about Safely Celebrating Passover during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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04/19/2016

Kosher Nutritious: Ready for Passover!

Tags: Food, Holidays, Passover, Women, Teens, Family, Young Adults, Federation

Kosher Nutritious: Ready for Passover!

I had the pleasure of spending my junior year of college at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. One of the perks of that year was meeting and growing close with my cousin Ziva, who happened to work at Hadassah Hospital across the street from my dorm. We spent a lot of time together and she invited me to spend many Shabbatot and holidays with her family. In addition to being hilariously funny, warm and nurturing, Ziva had another talent, as well: She was, and remains, an amazing cook. I am excited to share one of her recipes with you below, which I hope will make your preparations for Passover a bit easier.

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04/15/2015

Beit Shean’s Mimouna Celebration

Tags: Beit Shean, Israel, Blog, Holidays, Volunteer, Passover

Beit Shean’s Mimouna Celebration

It really is no secret that observing the dietary laws of Passover in the United States is somewhat of a chore and not exactly easy. Passover in Israel is a completely different story. For the most part, the grocery stores and restaurants do all the work for you and it is much harder to break the laws of Passover in Israel than it is to keep them.

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04/02/2015

Celebrating Freedom this Passover

Tags: Passover, Holidays, Federation, Blog

Passover and Easter are intimately intertwined in our history as the Last Supper was actually a Seder.

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04/01/2015

Exodus from Ukraine

Tags: Overseas, Partners, Israel, Passover, Holidays

Exodus from Ukraine

Dozens of Jews from war-torn eastern Ukraine who will be immigrating to Israel in the coming days celebrated the upcoming holiday of Passover at a simulated seder (ritual meal) held at The Jewish Agency for Israel's refugee center outside the city of Dnepropetrovsk Sunday evening (March 29). The celebrants included seven children between the ages of two and ten, who learned about the holiday for the first time.

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