Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families Resources
Wondering whether you should go to Easter dinner at your mother-in-law's during Passover? Is it okay to eat matzah--and peeps? Learn how to solve the spring holiday dilemma with articles, resources and links from the InterfaithFamily.com website.
Helpful Documents on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families
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Guide to Passover for Interfaith Families (also available in Word format)
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Report: What We Learned from the 2008 Passover/Easter Survey (also available in Word format)
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Report: What We Learned from the 2007 Passover/Easter Survey (also available in Word format)
Recommended Articles on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families
- Ten Tips to Enliven the Seder: Ways to Delay That Fifth Question by Ron Wolfson
- Four Modern Questions for Passover by Zell Schulman
- Five Interfaith Passover Readings You Can Add to Your Hagaddah by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael
- Ay Vey! A Kosher-for-Passover Easter... with Recipes by Teresita Levy
- A Different Spring Dilemma by Penina Hoffnung
For many more helpful Passover and Easter articles, click on this link to access our archive:
For previous Web Magazine issues on Passover and Easter, click on the links below:
- Issue 205 (March 2007)
- Issue 180 (March 2006)
- Issue 156 (March 2005)
- Issue 155 (March 2005)
- Issue 130 (March 2004)
- Issue 106 (April 2003)
- Issue 79 (April 2002)
- Issue 58 (March 2001)
- Issue 35 (April 2000)
- Issue 9 (March 1999)
Passover/Easter Discussion Board
Additional Resources on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families
Websites
Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information on Passover:
Jewishfreeware.org - Free downloadable haggadahs and haggadah templates.
Books
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Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
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Strassfeld, Michael. The Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary
. HarperCollins, 1985. In addition to in-depth discussion of each holiday, this book includes commentaries, ideas for family holiday involvement, and suggestions for new traditions.
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Wolfson, Dr. Ron. The Art of Jewish Living
. Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, 1990. Written by a well-known family educator, this series of books includes volumes on Shabbat, Hanukkah and Passover. Each includes recipes, crafts and family activities to enhance observance.
- Cox, Harvey. Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year
. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Read our review.
- Kimmel, Eric A. A Passover Companion: Wonders and Miracles, illustrated with art spanning three thousand years
. Scholastic Press, 2004. Read our review.
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Kay, Rabbi Alan and Jo Kay. Make Your Own Passover Seder: A New Approach to Creating a Personal Family Celebration
. Jossey-Bass, 2004. Read our review.
If you know of other Passover/Easter resources--or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of Passover or Easter--please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.
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The unleavened bread eaten during Passover. The spring holiday commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Spiritual leader and teacher. Typically, but not always, leads a congregation. The Jewish Sabbath, from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd Century BCE. It is marked by the lighting of a menorah.


