Pesah

Shlomo Zuckier surveys and analyzes the debate over Zoom Seders during coronavirus.

Ross Weissman offers a stirring poem on hope during the trying times of coronavirus.

Yakov Ellenbogen reviews Susan Weingarten's Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History.

By examining the prayers for rain and dew through the lens of meteorology and Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Lonely Man of Faith, Chaim Trachtman presents a unique religious model for thinking about climate change.

Tzvi Sinensky argues compellingly for a new way to understand the relationship between Shir HaShirim and Pesach in times of quarantine.

Jon Kelsen uncovers a deeper rabbinic meaning to the blood needed to "passover" the Israelites.

James Diamond takes a fresh approach to Maimonides's Passover theology and "Elijah's Cup."

Leah Sarna argues that this is the Passover to tell the stories of enslaved Jewish women: of the victims of October 7, who were and likely still are subjected to sexual violence, and of the heroic women in the era of the Exodus, who fought to ensure the perpetuation of the Jewish people.

Stuart Halpern explains how, when faced with uncertainty, danger, and personal and communal hardships, Americans have turned to the story of the Exodus for inspiration.

"Who Knows" seems to have become a recurring question for so many of us. Erica Brown shares personal and biblical reflections on the meaning of this phrase for the age of coronavirus.