Holiday Features
Surprise COVID effect: More Torah study
Special to the IJNMay 13, 2021
By Steve Lipman A Brooklyn-born resident of Denver for more than four decades, Steven Shecter says he had a typical US Jewish education growing up — he had briefly...
8 days of Passover, 8 COVID lessons
Deborah Fineblum, JNSMar 25, 2021
PASSOVER EDITION 5781 SECTION A PAGE 20 When the Haggadah tells us: “You have redeemed us from Egypt. You have freed us from the house of bondage. You have fed...
Passover 5781: How is this year different?
Andrea JacobsMar 25, 2021
The IJN asked Talia Haykin, Ellyn Hutt, Diana Kaplan and Maxwell Rotbart to share memories of Passover 2020, expectations for Passover 2021 (just one day away) and...
Mexican Passover food mashup
JTAMar 18, 2021
By Sybil Sancez PACHUCA, Mexico — Like other Jews around the world, Alegra Smeke turns to traditional foods during Passover. For her that means Syrian dishes with a...
Purim 2020 was a lugubrious Jewish turning point; little change in 2021
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 11, 2021
NEW YORK — In any other year, the mask-decorating party planned for later this month at Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid in Broomall, Pa. would make perfect sense:...
Chanukah is coming just when we need it most
Deborah Fineblum, JNSDec 03, 2020
CHANUKAH 5781 SECTION E, PAGE 11 Just saying the word “Chanukah” brings smiles. As does conjuring up the sight of candles ablaze and the sounds of boisterously...
Sukkot in WW I-era Russia
Special to the IJNOct 08, 2020
By Chen Malul, National Library of Israel Ditches at the entrances to all of the homes. Opened roofs. The year 1916 appears under the photograph featured on an aged...
Spiritual lessons from COVID-19
Shana GoldbergSep 17, 2020
coronavirus pandemic has challenged each and every one of us in different and unprecedented ways. Rosh Hashanah, the start of a new year, is a natural time for...
Persian Rosh Hashana seder
JTASep 17, 2020
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5781 SECTION D PAGE 9 By Donna Maher NEW YORK — Twenty-twenty has been an incredibly rough year. We could all use a fresh start, so it’s...
Sweet Shavuot in Saloniki
Special to the IJNMay 28, 2020
By Zack Rothbart, National Library of Israel “Saloniki’s Jews . . . eagerly awaited the arrival of the Shavuot holiday . . . They especially loved and cherished it...
