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No More Sour Grapes: Israeli Wine Comes of Age

JERUSALEM -- During the traditional Seder meal, which marks the Passover holiday, Jews all over the world drink four cups of wine as they retell the story of the exodus from Egypt. In the U.S. -- and, of course, Jerusalem -- much of this wine will be kosher and from Israel. For many years, kosher wine from Israel was more...

Israeli Officials Celebrate After Goldstone Rethinks War Crimes Report

JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials feel vindicated after Judge Richard Goldstone retracted part of his harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza two years ago, and have launched a major diplomatic effort to get the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone Report. "I found it hard to believe that Judge Goldstone, a Jew and...

Why Are These Nicknames Different From All Other Nicknames?

As I've discussed elsewhere, the Bible is a great place to grab nicknames from. It's also the source of possibly the most durable of sports writing cliches -- "the Promised Land" -- but that's a story for another day. Today, Omri Caspi and several million other Jews are on their third day of Passover, an eight-day...

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Teaching Our Children the Ethics of Eating Meat

Recently, Ariel Kaminer in her New York Times column "The Ethicist" announced a contest calling on readers to state -- in 600 words or less -- why it is ethical to eat meat.

Passover News From the Web

05/23/12 Everything Is Illuminated: Jewish Liturgical Books Go... Source: Publishers Weekly With The New American Haggadah , edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander (Little, Brown, March), the Passover seder gets a fun and intelligent new addition.
05/10/12 The journey from slavery to freedom Source: St Helena Star - St Helena CA A few weeks ago, Jews all around the world celebrated the holiday of Passover.
05/02/12 The gefilte fish diet and the hunt for matzah Source: St. Louis Jewish News - St. Louis MO Since I am perpetually on Weight Watchers, I'm always on the lookout for high-fill, low-point foods.
05/02/12 Is 'Halachic' Going Mainstream? Source: Haaretz Whatever we may think of advertising â a capitalist tool, an agent of manipulation, a bravura display of wit and verbal dexterity, the stuff of an irresistible television show such as "Mad Men"â it's hard to conceive of modern life without it.
05/01/12 Is 'Halachic' Going Mainstream? Source: The Jewish Daily Forward - New York NY Whatever we may think of advertising â a capitalist tool, an agent of manipulation, a bravura display of wit and verbal dexterity, the stuff of an irresistible television show such as "Mad Men"â it's hard to conceive of modern life without it.

Background on Passover

Passover (Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח Pesach, Tiberian: , Modern Hebrew: /ˈpesaχ/ Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish: Peysekh, Paysakh, Paysokh) is a Jewish festival.

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