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Passover 2024 during the war - Why is this night different?
Passover 2024 will be celebrated from April 22 to April 30, starting at sundown on Monday, April 22 and ending after nightfall on April 30 in the United States. The Hebrew name, Pesach, means "to passover" because the plague in Egypt that killed all firstborns passed over the Israelites' homes, sparing the lives of their children.
Please see a recap of resources previously shared on the TPS Teachers Network and some updated items that bring special meaning to the holiday. Supplements for conducting a seder in the post October 7 world are included.
Please see a recap of resources previously shared on the TPS Teachers Network and some updated items that bring special meaning to the holiday. Supplements for conducting a seder in the post October 7 world are included.
- "AND YOU SHALL TELL YOUR CHILDREN" Marking the Holiday of Passover Before, During and After the Holocaust (online exhibition from Yad Vashem - the Word Holocaust Remembrance Center)
- A Brief History Of The Maxwell House Haggadah (WGBH review of how the coffee company's Haggadah was introduced as a marketing promotion in 1932, becoming a cultural icon among American Jews)
- Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink (Jewish Telegraph Agency, March 5, 2024)
- The Haggadah of Hope: Bringing Israel and the Hostages into Your Seder this Year (guide from the Yeshiva University Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values)
- HIAS Haggadah (resource explores how matzah, called “the bread of our oppression” in the Haggadah, also becomes the “bread of liberation” this year)
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Joel ben Simeon, the Washington Haggadah and the Ambivalent Feminine (Library of Congress recorded lecture by Professor Marc Michael Epstein, March 28, 2024)
- Passover Educational Companion (resource from the iCenter for israel Education helps tell the Passover story in the shadow of the multi-front war in the Middle East)
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Pesach | The National Library of Israel for Educators (primary sources & lesson plans for Passover)
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Taylor Swift-themed Haggadah released for this year’s Pesach (Jewish Chronicle, April 18, 2024)
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White House History Live: Passover Celebrations at the White House (a recorded discussion from 04/16/2024 of White House Passover observances over the years and presidential participation in the Jewish Feast of Freedom)
During this year's Passover observance, we are challenged to use freedom to wrestle with the crisis in Israel and Gaza, and with cases of injustice and oppression around the world. Passover is a reminder that it is our duty to stand for those who are unable to stand for themselves.
Thank you for your support and may Passover 2024 be a happy, healthy & peaceful holiday for those who celebrate!
A page from the Taylor Swift Haggadah by Na'ama Ben-David and Shelley Atlas Serber (The Jewish Chronicle)
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