Just in time for Passover 2019, Director Nina Paley has publicly released the full version of her Passover musical animation Seder Masochism . Clocking in at nearly 2-hours, this is not a quickie clip – though parts of this film have been made into such clips. It’s long. It’s sometimes painful. It’s […]
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Usually as Passover approaches, we are either cleaning out our house from food that’s not kosher for Passover, or buying food that is kosher for Passover… and on Passover itself, we eat and eat and eat. Stellar Nova however, does things differently. First of all they create gender-balanced games and stories to inspire kids to […]
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Writing this review in the middle of Passover, one would think a movie about yet even more Matzo is more of an American nightmare than an American dream. However, while all my meals this week involve Matzo, unleavened bread is just part of the story related by Michael Levine’s documentary Streit’s: Matzo and the American […]
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Just in time for Passover, the fine folks at React added a new segment to their People vs. Food series. In this clip, they take a group of cute and innocent kids and subject them to Gefilte Fish. Among many Ashkenazi Jews, Gefilte Fish is an obligatory part of all Sabbath and holiday meals. Some, […]
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Matzo Brei is a really simple treat to make for Passover, and yet, people mess it up ALL THE TIME! Jewlicious presents this easy recipe that you can make in unbder 15 minutes. Add whatever sweetener you like. It’s yummy, and pretty and isn’t a friggin’ Matzo omelette. Gross. You can get the full recipe […]
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What happens when you ask Egyptians to eat Matza, Maror and Geffilte fish? Something ugly, that’s for sure. The Egyptians in this funny video, authored improbably by Netanyahu house organ Yisrael Hayom, are certainly gracious and good humored. It seemed to me however, that they really, really regretted enslaving the Jews and if […]
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Since as early as 2008, Ben & Jerry’s in Israel has been producing a Kosher for Passover Charoset flavored ice cream. Charoset is one of the food items traditionally placed on seder plates by Jews around the world. The Ashkenazi variety is typically a paste made up of apples, nuts, wine and cinnamon meant to […]
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Purim is over and now it’s time to prepare for Passover. As such, the Schusterman Family Foundation presents “A Safer Seder” – a video humorous video introduction to their Passover 2016 resource guide. Like I said, the video itself is long on humor but a bit short on actual helpful content – which is ok, […]
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Jaquann and Luis invite their friend Svetlana over to make a custom Haggadah and avoid having another boring-ass Seder. Starring Iris Bahr as Svetlana.
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It’s Passover: Jaquann and Luis are stoned, and they need to figure out how to get their grub on without the chametz. Because smoking weed gives you the munchies, get it?
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