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Members of IfNotNow hold a Liberation Seder in front of Hillel’s headquarters in Washington D.C., April 19, 2016. (Courtesy photo)

A new era of anti-occupation Judaism

American Jews have long overwhelmingly supported an end to the occupation, but increasingly, we are building an organized critical mass who are also willing to push our institutions and politicians in the same direction. IfNotNow takes its Passover message of liberation to Hillel and AIPAC. By Leanne Gale We gathered early in the morning, before…

By +972 Magazine April 20, 2016

Rabbi Haim Louk, originally from Casablanca, who studied under the great Moroccan singer Abdessadek Chkara. The fourth Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques was dedicated to the memory of Chkara. Louk recently resided in Los Angeles, and presently lives in Ashdod, Israel. November 3. (tsweden/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Between Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A guide to Passover piyutim

Jewish liturgical poetry dates back to the Bible and the rabbinical sages that came after. In honor of Passover, Café Gibraltar presents a primer to traditional Jewish religious singing for the holiday and the Jewish month of Nisan. By Patia Hana The holiday of Passover summons a plethora of piyutim (Jewish liturgical poetry usually sung, chanted…

By Cafe Gibraltar April 1, 2013

Palestinian visitors from the West Bank break their fasting at Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, July 15, 2013. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Next year in rebuilt Jerusalem: A Passover call for justice

A truly rebuilt Jerusalem is a place where freedom and justice can flourish, a place where Jews and Palestinians can live alongside one another without checkpoints and walls, without the fears and realities of a hyper-militarized society, a place devoid of settlements and separation. By Oren Kroll-Zeldin Every spring Jews around the world gather around…

By +972 Magazine March 25, 2013

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