This Week’s Torah Portion: A Change Of Focus
Rabbi Noam Gross -
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We are encouraged to engage in "divine service" — the job that God has reserved for us, whatever it may be. Can archaic, seemingly mundane...
Make Your Own (Soft?) Matzah
Not all matzah is thin and square — learn how to make it the old-fashioned way.
Passover 2020: Next Year in Person; This Year on Zoom
COVID-19 is leading many families to downsize their typical Passover crowd or shift to virtual seders.
Getting Crafty for Passover
Lots of time to pass these days? Fill them up with fun, enriching (and delicious) activities for the holiday.
Passover Catering During COVID-19
Jewish caterers in town are experiencing last-minute orders for less people.
Virtual Seders in Metro Detroit
With social distancing rules in place, Passover seders and activities are moving online.
Making Passover Personal with Homemade Haggadot
These local families created their own Passover heirlooms.
Yidish Mit Mikhl (Yiddish with Mikhl): A Fishy Month
There are several "fishy" Yiddish words and phrases associated with the month of Adar.
Looking Back: Pandemics Throughout History
The first pandemic recommendations date back to the 1918 "Spanish Flu."
U-M, MSU Hillels Cancel Shabbat, Passover Student Meals for Semester
The organization is exploring other ways to aid students during COVID-19.
Which Haggadah Is Right for You?
Here are some of the best books for guiding your family’s seder this year. There are what feels like zillions of quizzes online that can...
Annabel Cohen’s Passover Recipes for Small, but Mighty Groups
Passover during a pandemic means fewer guests, but plenty of flavor.
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One Man’s Exodus Echoes the Jewish Experience
One of the basic tenets in Judaism is the Exodus from Egypt. The Ten Commandments begin with the words: “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.” We are compelled to recall this extraordinary event in prayers like the V’ahavta and Shabbat evening Kiddush. Passover commemorates our people’s freedom from slavery after this momentous escape. This theme is familiar — especially for Salomone Castro.
West Bloomfield Resident Creates App to Help People Connect at the Grocery Store
New app helps people connect at the grocery store.
Time to be Counted
Detroit’s Jews in under-represented populations respond to the 2020 Census.
LIST: Virtual Events/Learnings Happening in April
STAYING CONNECTED At this time of social distancing, the Jewish News will try to bring awareness to events/learning situations that are being offered online by...
A Note to our Readers
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