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Using Matzoh!  But you knew that ....  Here's a video from Project Reconnect, a project of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism.

Project Reconnect seeks to reconnect alumni of USY, Atid, Koach, Nativ, the Conservative Yeshiva, Camp Ramah, the Solomon Schechter schools, the Leadership Training Fellowship, and other Conservative movement programs. Whether you’re in Israel, North America, or anyplace else, this program is for you.

 

College students!
Click here if you're looking for a seder!

Kol Dichfin 2011 will once again ensure that college students, unaffiliated young adults and Movement Alumni have a place to go for Passover Seder. Project Reconnect is proud to work in partnership with NAASE (North American Association of Synagogue Executives), Women's League For Conservative Judaism and KOACH (USCJ's College Outreach Project) to achieve this important goal.

Synagogues in North America, Israel, Europe, South America and Central America will once again open their doors to host guests from all over the globe to fulfill the great Passover commandment "Kol Dichfin"- 'All who are hungry, let them come and eat!'

Fun At The Seder, Laptop Included

3 Reasons To Bring Your Laptop To The Seder: For the first time in 30 years, neither of Abq Jew's kids will be home for Pesach. Skyping them home is the #1 reason Abq Jew may bring his laptop to the seder.

The #2 reason is 300 Ways to ask the Four Questions.  The result of a quest by two friends (Murray Spiegel and Rickey Stein) passionate about Judaism, Passover and languages, this book shows translations of the Seder's Four Questions into hundreds of languages spanning the globe. Theodore Bikel raves that he "takes great delight in this book."

What a hoot! Where else can you read and hear (via accompanying CD & DVD) the Fir Kashas translated into Urdu, Mongolian, Klingon, and Valley Girl?  Click here to visit the authors' web site (http://whyisthisnight.com - of course!) and order directly from them.  Or click here to order from Abq Jew's Amazon Store.

The #3 reason to bring your laptop to the seder is this terrific video from Aish.com: Google "Exodus" To Get Out Of Egypt!

A Zissen Pesach!

Adopt A Greyhound This Month!

April is Adopt-A-Greyhound Month:  So do it! 

Visit Adopt-A-Greyhound.org to find out where!

 

It is likely that a still photograph of a racing greyhound will just not convince you.  So here is Cal, to speak with you in person!

Best Seder In The USA

Oh My Gosh ... Passover Is Coming:  Jewish Treats reports:

The intensive physical and emotional preparations for Passover come from one seemingly simple commandment: "Seven days you will eat only matzah, but on the first day you shall have put away chametz from your houses..." (Exodus 12:15). Therefore, by the beginning of the holiday of Passover, no chametz whatsoever may be in one's possession.

What is chametz? Chametz is defined as leaven, any product in which wheat, oat, barley, spelt or rye come in contact with water for 18 minutes or longer (without kneading or manipulating). To be considered chametz, the food must be edible (defined as something that a dog would eat).

Click here to continue reading.  And they've got their Passover video.  Let the cleanup begin!