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Andrea Kott

Looking at me, you wouldn’t have guessed. I was a smart, outgoing, well-nourished, girl from a secular Jewish home, a top student at the school where I never missed a day.

I was also a battered child.

All-of-a-Kind Seder in the Time of Covid-19

Carolyn Abram

The board of health quarantines the fictional family, forcing Passover to be sorely reduced. It’s a lonely moment.

Passover Treats from a Chef and Fridge Forager

Susan Barocas

When it comes to Passover 2020, we can start by thinking of it as a kind of contemporary foraging in our refrigerators, freezers and pantries, a sort of continuation of the efforts of our foremothers.

Turning Days of Distancing into Days of Reflection

Andrea Kott

Some folks are turning this time into an opportunity to begin exercising, bond with family and pets, clean closets, or garden. I am reliving the Days of Awe.

ZoomWear: A Virtual Fashion Guide

Audrey Ferber

Zoom meetings, Zoom teaching, Zoom parties, Zoom Zoomba; your Pandemic calendar is full but what do you wear? Tips to help the modern social isolate shine on screen!

I Attended a Jews for Jesus Seder in France: Here’s How It Went

Marcie K. Bachar

I hadn’t contemplated what Jewish life abroad might look like or the compromises I might make. The landscape was that of Cezanne and Van Gogh, cobblestone streets, the ubiquitous skinny baguettes tucked under the arm. The seder, however, had an agenda.