Passover

Georgia candidate faces backlash over Passover ad with challah instead of matzah

A Georgia Senate candidate faces backlash after a Passover ad featured challah, a bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. The gaffe sparked ridicule across political and Jewish circles.

A Georgia Democratic candidate for the state Senate, Nathalie Kanani, came under ridicule after a Passover ad published in the Atlanta Jewish Times reportedly featured challah, a leavened bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. April 5, 2026.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, US, March 23, 2026

Zohran Mamdani: What side of the Muslim world are you on? - opinion

Chinese almonds

Post-Passover recipes to try: Bagels, veggie soup, chicken, and almond cookies

Former US ambassador Dan Shapiro (C-L) wears traditional North African garb at a Mimouna celebration in Ashkelon, invited by then-mayor Benny Vaknin (C-R) and hosted by the Amar and Portal families, in 2013.

Rashel in Tel Aviv Port: Moroccan feast of holiday flavors - restaurant review


The people’s ray of hope: Keren Hayesod’s lifeline to Israelis in crisis

In the shadow of war and the approach of Passover, Keren Hayesod connects hearts, communities, and lives, ensuring that no Israeli faces crisis alone

Food basket distribution at Amigour, March 2026

Seeing beyond the moment: What Passover demands of us this year

This year, perhaps the most important question the holiday asks of us is not “what happened then,” but “what does this moment require of us now?”

Shirel Dagan-Levy, CEO of Voice of the People

This is how you will maintain your physical and mental health during the war

Many have stayed home for over three weeks, facing physical and mental challenges. Experts explain how to maintain health during this difficult time – and offer tips ahead of Passover.

Many people have been at home for more than three weeks, which raises quite a few health and mental challenges

Cooking news of Israel

A bigger, and more beautiful holiday meal: The hit series that wants to cook everything.

Mono, the new collection by Cook And Bake

'Why is this war different from all other wars?': Eretz Nehederet celebrates Passover amid Iran war

This week's episode featured a war version of Dayenu, in which Netanyahu sang, "even if we had not succeeded in toppling the government but had removed the nuclear threat, it would have been enough."

Israeli actor Mariano Edelman of the TV-show "Eretz Nehederet". August 29, 2022.

Pack a Seder: How one box is reaching Israel's most isolated survivors

“These are Holocaust survivors, elderly that we are in touch with throughout the year, all the time,” Zalman Duchman said.

"The fact that you thought to come, took time out of your schedule, to come to their home - the light that it brings is rewarding beyond description."

Food news of Israel

A rooted Israeli wine awaits you with the holiday main courses, and also long after them.

Binyamina Winery

New platform matches stranded travelers with families for Pesach in Israel

IsraelForPesach.com was launched to connect people unexpectedly staying in Israel over Passover with families willing to open their homes for holiday meals and accommodations.

 Passover Seder plate with alternative fillings.

The Ministry of Health warns: These are the poisonings expected among children ahead of Passover

A surge in calls to the National Poison Information Center in the weeks before Passover, with an increase of about 40% in overall calls. About 40% concern young children, mainly under the age of 6.

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Matzah pizza and Miriam star in new children’s books for Passover in 2026

The new books range from Karen Katz’s brightly colored, joyful picture book to an ornately designed volume published by a Chabad-Lubavitch imprint.

New children's books for Passover in 2026 include ones about welcoming guests and women of Jewish history.