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Not the Unusual Passover Story
Mindy Avra Portnoy is not only a rabbi of Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C., but also an accomplished writer of children’s books, including Where Do People Go When They Die and Matzah Ball: A Passover Story.






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An array of new fiction touches on themes women want and need to talk about.

Thinking “Intentionally” About Jewish Leadership

Dr. Erica Brown is director of adult education at the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning and consults for The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.


Stories of Survival


“Swimming in Auschwitz,” an award winning documentary, just out on DVD ($20 plus S&H), chronicles the experiences of six women all from different countries and different backgrounds who found themselves deported to the notorious concentration camp.

A Child's Life

To be a child in mid-20th-century Europe, explains historian Lynn Nicholas in her extraordinary book, Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web, was to be not a person, but an object available for use in the service of the Nazi regime, or doomed to separation from family, forced migration, starvation and, often, mass execution.

 

Download This Haggadah


Imagine this scenario: It’s two hours before Passover begins and 30 guests are coming for Seder, yet you realize you have only a few Haggadahs on hand, most of which are falling apart or aren’t a good fit for the diverse crowd you’re expecting.


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