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https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=CqYOnqh_ZZE 5 min video blog by Rabbi Moshe Rothschild

..... "This is not the first time President Obama [has celebrated] the Jewish Passover. He has also done so in the past. In 2009, he invited close friends and some functionaries from his administration to a special dinner at the White House on the occasion of the holiday. White House officials revealed that the dinner had included special dishes from the Jewish kitchen. The Jews call this meal 'Passover Seder'… "Does President Obama know the truth about the connection between 'Passover' and 'Christian blood,' for example?! Or between 'Passover' and the 'Jewish blood dances'?! Or is this a matter of...

JERUSALEM, November 10, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “Wrongful life” lawsuits, in which doctors are held liable for not discovering fetal abnormalities that might have prompted parents to abort their child, have become so common in Israel that the government has set up a committee to investigate the issue, New Scientist reports. According to magazine, wrongful life claims are more prevalent in Israel where a higher rate of genetic disorders caused by consanguineous (connected by kinship) marriages has fueled a “pro-genetic testing culture.” The county has seen an estimated 600 wrongful cases since the first in 1987. While similar lawsuits in the...

Jewish soldiers in US Civil War were unable to find any ingredients for 'haroset,' so they chose a compelling replica: "We got a brick." Today they are as accessible as the local grocery. You can find them traditional, whole-wheat and local, dipped in chocolate and made with honey, large and small, square and circular, handmade, machine-made and in giant economy packs. Matza has traveled a long way from the unleavened dough that baked on the backs of our forefathers as they left Egypt, its history reflecting that of the people for whom it’s an essential food one week in every...

The Federation of Jewish Communities enables Jews throughout the CIS to celebrate Passover in the most encompassing ways. Two Million pounds of matza and 250,000 bottles of wine are being distributed to Jewish communities in the fifteen republics. Some 300 rabbinical students will arrive from the U.S.A. and Israel in the next few days will join local Yeshiva students to organize and lead Passover Seders. A project jointly coordinated by the FJC and Lubavitch world headquarters, "in order to provide joyful festival celebrations for Jews in even the most remote communities where there are no full time Rabbis" said Avraham...

Israel's matza factories are working non-stop to supply every family with their portion of unleavened bread, reports Israel radio. Over 200 million matzas will be consumed over the Passover holiday, said Israel radio.