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    Essay

    The Lost Afikomen

    Moshe Kash­er is a stand-up come­di­an and the author of Kash­er In The Rye: The True Tale Of A White Boy From Oak­land Who Became A Drug Addict, Crim­i­nal,…
    Moshe Kash­er
    April 5, 2012
    Essay

    Passover for Non-Bolivians

    Avi­va Kanoff is the author of The No-Pota­to Passover. Check back on Fri­day for her next post for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.By now, most peo­ple…
    Avi­va Kanoff
    April 4, 2012
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    Chil­dren’s
    Sam­my Spi­der’s First Haggadah
    Sylvia A. Rouss; Katherine Janus Kahn, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Mir­a­cles of Passover
    Josh Hanft; Seymour Chwast, illus.
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    Non­fic­tion
    A Mosa­ic of Israel’s Tra­di­tions: Uni­ty Through Diversity
    Esther Shkalim; Diana Schiowitz; Frieda Horwitz, eds.
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    Non­fic­tion
    Days of Deliv­er­ance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
    Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
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    Jew­ish Text
    The Sto­ry­book Haggadah
    Seymour Rossel; Janet Zwebner, illus.
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    Pesach For the Rest of Us: Mak­ing the Passover Seder Your Own
    Marge Piercy
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Mod­ern Jew­ish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat
    Meredith L. Jacobs
    Recommended Reading

    The Cho­sen Passover Books

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterSee below for a few of our Passover rec­om­men­da­tions and click here for a com­plete list (which includes chil­dren’s…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    March 21, 2012
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    Non­fic­tion
    New Amer­i­can Haggadah
    Jonathan Safran Foer, ed.; Nathan Englander, trans.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Fan­tas­tic Foto Hunt: Chanukah
    The Judaica Press
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Latke Who Could­n’t Stop Scream­ing: A Christ­mas Story
    Lemony Snicket; Lisa Brown, illus.
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    Zoe’s Extra­or­di­nary Hol­i­day Adventure
    Christina Minaki
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    Chil­dren’s
    What Do You See on Chanukah?
    Bracha Goetz
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    Cel­e­brate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kip­pur with Hon­ey, Prayers and the Shofar
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