Freedom and Slavery of the Spirit
A guide to accepting and freeing yourself from your inner Pharaoh
from Torah Journeys by Rabbi Shefa Gold

The Tale is in the Telling:
The Etiquette of a $10,000 Seder Plate

The heirlooms that our children make for us
from Life in the Present Tense by Rifka Rosenwein

Four sons, more questions
New questions for discussion on the Haggadah
from Torah & Company by Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams

Grandma Bessie on
Slavery, Revolution and Unity

The Czar as Pharaoh
from Bessie by Lawrence Bush

Shemot: Moses (1)
a poem
from From The Coffee House of Jewish Dreamers by Isidore Century

Va-ayra: Moses (2)
a follow-up poem
from From The Coffee House of Jewish Dreamers by Isidore Century

My Seder in North Africa, 1034 c.e.
A Karaite girl writes home, in this first excerpt from the forthcoming novel by a renowned professor of Midrash
from A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure, and Faith in Medieval Cairo by Burton L. Visotzky

Bread & Matza: The Videos

Bread & Matza (1): Invite
Bread & Matza (2): Strength
Bread & Matza (3): Cousin
Bread & Matza (4): Mischief!
Bread & Matza (5): Pyramids


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A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton Visotzky Life in the Present Tense: Reflections on Family and Faith by Rifka Rosenwein
From the Coffee House of Jewish Dreamers: Poems by Isidore Century Waiting for God: The Spiritual Explorations of a Reluctant Atheist by Lawrence Bush A Song of Social Significance: Memoirs of an Activist by Dorothy Epstein