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Pittsburgh's spiritual guides want celebrants to avoid spending this holiday in the dark. (Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels)
April 7, 2025, 4:39 pm
Passover advice from Pittsburgh’s spiritual leaders: Be intentional and thoughtful
'Passover, and the story contained within the Haggadah, is our people's oscillating family narrative that helps us realize nothing is impossible'
By Adam Reinherz
The Exodus from Egypt, 1907 (Providence Lithograph Company, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
April 7, 2025, 3:28 pm
It would have been enough
Fireworks, Haggadot and charity
By Tim Miller
Dara Horn's latest book is a graphic novel featuring a time-traveling talking goat. (Norton Young Readers)
April 3, 2025, 10:43 am
Dara Horn’s gonzo, time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews
Horn has launched a nonprofit, Mosaic Persuasion, to advance her vision.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
(Photo by Jep Gambardella via Pexels)
March 27, 2025, 11:31 am
Passover planning made easy
Organizers and event planners share their tips
By Judith Segaloff
An egg shortage due to avian flu could put a crimp on Passover in 2025. (Illustration by Grace Yagel)
March 10, 2025, 8:04 am
Passover requires tons of eggs. Amid the avian flu, what’s a Jew to do?
Eggs are expensive and often not available — just as the very eggy holiday looms.
By Rachel Ringler
“Purim” by Arthur Szyk (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 7, 2025, 4:11 pm
A Purim primer
A barely-avoided genocide being celebrated with costumes and drunkenness and jokes is itself a kind of celebration of life
By Tim Miller
December 30, 2024, 6:22 pm
Chronicle poll results: Favorite Chanukah tradition
We asked our readers about their favorite Chanukah tradition. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch, speaks at the National Menorah lighting on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, in Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 2024. (Photo by Mike Wagenheim)
December 26, 2024, 12:44 pm
Overflow crowd, smiles and tears at National Menorah lighting in DC
“The Maccabees were also exhausted, but they didn’t give up,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who organizes the event, told JNS.
By Mike Wagenheim
December 24, 2024, 9:46 am
Chronicle poll question
What is your favorite Chanukah tradition?
The Mason family celebrates Chanukah. (Photo courtesy of the Mason family)
December 18, 2024, 12:04 pm
Convergence of Chanukah and Christmas offers opportunities for interfaith families
What’s important, Rabbi Aaron Bisno said, is that interfaith families within the Jewish community “are living meaningful lives in the context of 21st-century America.”
By Deborah Weisberg
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
December 18, 2024, 11:09 am
From the Maccabees to the Maccabeats
Like Judaism as a whole, the holiday of Chanukah seems to thrive both on tradition and improvisation.
By Tim Miller
(Design by Avital Dayanim)
December 3, 2024, 11:38 am
The best Hanukkah gift won’t actually cost you anything
For a truly special and personal present, allow me to introduce you to the curated list.
By Leila Sales
(Photo by nurseryart via Pexels)
August 15, 2024, 11:11 am
Celebrating Tu B’Av
Our readers share their love stories
By Toby Tabachnick
Date Palm. Photo by Randall Niles via Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/34843598@N02/3236124615
January 6, 2023, 4:38 am
Bring out the bokser, it’s Tu B’Shevat season
Weeks remain until carob lovers can officially rejoice, but Pittsburghers are already preparing
By Adam Reinherz
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represent just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Philissa Cramer)
December 16, 2022, 11:36 am
The Chanukah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?
Pillows; dreidel-shaped pet toys; window decals; menorahs in the shape of lions — do we really need all this stuff?
By Philissa Cramer
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