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Link Roundup: Passover Edition

by | April 18, 2011 | 0 comments

Tonight Jews around the world, along with their family and friends, will sit down together at Passover seders. They will drink four cups of wine, sing Dayenu and hide the afikomen. And most importantly, they will tell stories about searching for freedom. In that spirit, here is a special Passover and freedom-themed collection of stories from around the web.

  • The Forward published four powerful op-eds on Freedom: AJWS president, Ruth Messinger writes about nourishing the hungry, Rabbi David Wolpe writes about the freedom to education, Rabbi Shmuly Boteach writes about abolishing evil, and Douglass Rushkoff writes about freeing the world of inequities.
  • eJewish Philanthropy posted a story about how virtual, online seder tables by VirtualSeder are providing help for hospitalized children in Israel. Relatedly, USA Today writes about how the Lone Soldier Center in Israel provides US immigrants in the Israeli army with a Passover table.
  • JTA shared an article about President Obama’s Passover message, which called for the alleviation of “the suffering, poverty, injustice and hunger of those who are not yet free.”
  • Across the pond in England, The Guardian shared a special podcast on freedom featuring comedian David Schneider, Maureen Lipman, Amy Rosenthal and Rabbi Jeremy Gordon.
  • And, just for fun, JibJab lets you create personalized, Passover-themed e-greetings to send to friends and family.

About the Author

Leah Koenig is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Saveur, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Hadassah Magazine, Lilith, Edible Brooklyn and Beliefnet. She contributes a monthly column on food to The Forward and a bi-weekly column to Saveur.com. She is also the former editor of Hazon's award-winning blog, The Jew & The Carrot. Leah joined Repair the World as a contributing editor in late 2009.


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