First, the funny videos:
Manischewitzville, thanks to Janet
And then, a two-minute film on the many uses of matzoh.
Now, for the newbie, Judaism 101’s page on Passover (known as Pesach in Hebrew).
An article on why even unaffiliated Jews celebrate Passover. It’s actually a rather depressing article, be forewarned. Jews complaining that Judaism is hard. Well, yeah. If it was easy, the world would be Jewish.
An article in Slate that discusses how Passover is meaningful without being, well, a meaningful article. (They really don’t do religion well at Slate.)
Also on Slate: The two-minute Haggadah. My grandfather would not approve.
94 percent of Israeli Jews keep Passover. More than 80% of Jews around the world at least attend a Seder, a higher level than the number of affiliated Jews (see above).
Via Judith, Passover with the Barry Sisters. Chag Sameach, a happy and meaningful Pesach to all of my readers who celebrate Pesach.
IDF Dave sent me this: A Japanese video on how to break a matzoh in half. Huh. And to think, a Ginsu knife won’t do it.
I want latkes. Where are my latkes???
Comment by John M — 04/05/2007 @ 4:35 pm
I tried what the video said. It’s nonsense, doesn’t work at all :-(. Woe is me I guess.
Comment by Vic — 04/06/2007 @ 8:51 am
Manischewitzville was quite good; but I cringed every time he sang “pour beer down the drain.”
Comment by Larry G — 04/06/2007 @ 12:29 pm