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Passover Seder

A Passover ad placed by the Georgia state senate campaign of Nathalie Kanani in the Atlanta Jewish Times drew criticism for showing a challah. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 6, 2026, 7:30 pm
Georgia political candidate sorry for fluffy challah in a Passover ad
Democrat Nathalie Kanani calls image of bread ‘an oversight that should not have happened,’ though not the first Passover bread to ignite a social media firestorm in recent years
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Yael Ben Cnaan helps a customer with a bouquet on the morning before Passover at her store Bishvil Flowers in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2026. (Theia Chatelle via JTA)
April 2, 2026, 1:24 pm
Israelis spend Passover under shadow of Iran war, as businesses cling to survival
Yael Ben Cnaan struggles to keep Tel Aviv flower store afloat during what is meant to be peak period; Finance Ministry says economy losing at least 4.3 billion shekels per week
By Theia Chatelle
Israelis wait in line to pass through Taba land border crossing with Egypt, near the southern city of Eilat, March 25, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2026, 10:43 am
Israelis seeking to fly abroad for Passover make a reverse Exodus path through Egypt
As war leads to flight cancellations from Ben Gurion Airport, Israelis and Jews observe the irony of people rushing to get into Egypt, with some noting lines are ’40 years long’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel in Detroit holds Lego blocks, urging families to add the children’s toy to their Seder plates in the wake of a recent attack on the synagogue. (Facebook via JTA)
April 1, 2026, 8:43 pm
After attack, Michigan synagogue calls to add Lego to Seder plate
Detroit’s Temple Israel, the site of last month’s ramming attack, says suggested new ritual object symbolizes both vulnerability and rebuilding
By Grace Gilson
Israelis celebrate the Passover Seder in an underground central Israel parking lot used as a public shelter during the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, April 1, 2026. (Flash90)
April 1, 2026, 6:47 pm
Iran, Hezbollah launch attacks as Israelis host Passover Seders, sending millions to shelters
Four lightly hurt, including two babies, by bomblet from Iranian cluster warhead that struck Bnei Bnei overnight as Israel comes under attack before and during holiday’s first night
By Emanuel Fabian, Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
Alon Gildoni, left, and Ron Milo are the creators of 'Haggadah on the Map,' which traces the Israelites' journey as recounted in the Passover story. (Courtesy Alon Gildoni via JTA)
April 1, 2026, 4:34 pm
For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth
Product management expert Alon Gildoni and Weizmann Institute professor Ron Milo turn a seder table question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world locations
By Grace Gilson
Detail from the cover of 'Echoes of Egypt: A Haggada,' curated by Bar-Ilan University Prof. Joshua Berman and published by Koren. The image on the cover shows a relief of Pharaoh Seti I (13th century BCE) and the goddess Hathor 'face to face,' from the tomb of Sethi I. (Koren)
April 1, 2026, 4:32 pm
How the Exodus story subverts pharaonic texts to mock ancient Egypt
According to Bar-Ilan University’s Joshua Berman, who curated the new hagaddah ‘Echoes of Egypt,’ the biblical narrative ‘culturally appropriates’ facets of Egyptian culture — by design
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: A family seen during the Passover Seder on the first night of the eight-day long Jewish holiday. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
April 1, 2026, 4:26 am
Trade war meets tradition: Canadian Jews confront a Manischewitz-free Passover
The ban on American booze, which came in response to the country’s tariffs, has ‘created a meaningful opening’ for Israeli wineries in Canada, according to a wine executive
By Joseph Strauss
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Passover Seder in Manhattan on March 30, 2026. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
March 31, 2026, 6:15 pm
Mamdani heckled at NYC Passover Seder as some rail at his inclusion
Several guests, including Jewish comedian Modi, pull out of event due to mayor’s participation; one attendee tells heckler: ‘Stop the xenophobia, let him speak’
By Grace Gilson
Illustrative: Israeli resort city Eilat, southern Israel, November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
March 30, 2026, 3:43 pm
Passover hotel programs see mass exodus as war disrupts holiday travel plans
Flight cancellations and security concerns make the journey in and out of Israel nonviable for tens of thousands, dealing a blow to the growing kosher for Passover hospitality industry
By Zev Stub
A family seen during the Passover Seder on the first night of the 8-day long Jewish holiday, in Moshav Yashresh on March 27, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 30, 2026, 9:31 am
Three top Israeli chefs share their winning wartime Passover shortcuts
Ruhama Shitrit, Adeena Sussman and Shalom Simcha Elbert say goals for this holiday under fire should be ‘tasty food that’s also simple, and to keep our traditions’
By Jessica Steinberg
101-year-old Hilbert Margol, a World War II veteran who served in the US Army's 42nd Infantry Division, which liberated Dachau. (Benjamin Mack-Jackson)
April 14, 2025, 3:47 pm
101-year-old WWII veteran recalls US Army’s seder night, weeks before liberating Dachau
Hilbert Margol still regularly speaks about the atrocities he saw firsthand at the notorious Nazi concentration camp as a young US soldier: ‘We didn’t understand what we were seeing’
By Benjamin Mack-Jackson
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pauses during a news conference at the governor's official residence discussing the alleged arson that forced him, his family and guests to flee in the middle of the night on Passover, Apr. 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP/Marc Levy)
April 14, 2025, 4:53 am
After Passover arson attack, PA’s Jewish governor vows to keep ‘proudly celebrating’ faith
Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro says suspect arrested but motive unknown, following attack on room where he had held Seder with community members hours earlier
By Marc Levy
Israelis hold a Passover seder at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2025. (Dana Reany/Hostages Family Forum)
April 12, 2025, 11:03 am
Families of captives hold Passover Seder at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square
Second festival of freedom since Oct. 7 comes as Israel submits softened proposal to renew Gaza truce-ceasefire deal, amid reported slow-down in talks under Ron Dermer
By ToI Staff
Streit's co-owners Aaron Gross, far left, and Aron Yagoda, far right, give two young visitors a tour of the matzah factory. (Courtesy Streit's via JTA)
April 11, 2025, 4:36 am
How your matzah gets made: A peek inside NY’s Streit’s factory
First opened in New York’s Lower East Side a century ago, the US bakery now supplies ritual Passover flat breads to seder tables as far away as Europe, South Africa and Israel
By Joseph Strauss
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