From Mayyim Hayyim:
At a time when so many people are moving through their own narrow passages to find freedom and dignity, I am grateful that Mayyim Hayyim is a place for refuge and renewal.

Please consider making a generous Passover gift to Mayyim Hayyim today: https://www.mayyimhayyim.org/donate/

Your gift will ensure:
A wide range of programs and mikveh resources for people of all ages and backgrounds all over the world
Trainings for new Mikveh Guides to support the requests we receive for appointments every year
Critical repairs and upkeep for our building so that the mikveh waters can remain warm

Wishing you all a sweet and meaningful Passover.

Chag Sameach,
Yarden Fraiman,
Mayyim Hayyim Board Member

Discover Bsisa: A Pre-Passover
Tradition from Libya

Bsisa is a cherished Libyan-Jewish tradition observed in the days leading up to Passover—a symbolic ritual of abundance, renewal, and preparation.

It’s a beautiful example of the unique ways Jewish communities across the Middle East and North Africa mark this sacred time.

Click to view the full post on Instagram and learn more: https://www.instagram.com/jimena_voice/p/DH_76fqzARA/?hl=en

From JIMENA:
These traditions—while beautifully varied—are also deeply interconnected, much like the Jewish people themselves. Our shared stories of resilience, liberation, and celebration unite us across geography, language, and time.

The guide features:
Traditional and contemporary Passover recipes from across the MENA region
Rituals and customs from countries like Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, and beyond
Links to stories, videos, and cultural content to deepen your holiday experience

PDF Link: https://www.jimena.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mimouna.pdf

For our friends in Denver:
Join Kabbalah Experience for a cocktail reception and celebratory dinner.

All food served will be vegetarian and pescatarian. There will also be vegan and gluten free options.

We will provide kosher meals on request. Please reach out directly with any dietary concerns.

Cocktail attire. $180 General admission
Tix: https://kabbalahexperience.com/20years/

Sponsorships also available.

From Kabbalah Experience:
When seen through a spiritual lens, the Seder provides you an opportunity to experience a process of personal liberation from whatever holds you back, from whatever of your past keeps you captive.

That is what we are attempting through this Haggadah: to pass over, pass through, innovate and move beyond. By transforming the meaning of these time-honored rituals, this experience becomes a vehicle for you to transform your life.

How do we do it: We shift attention from literal story to metaphor, from an ancient past others experienced to your present experience, and from external reality to the subtle workings of inner life.

$10 for PDF Download: https://kabbalahexperience.com/pass-over-to-freedom-haggadah-pdf-download/

SAVE SAYDER 5785/2025 — How to Lead + Prep the Perfect Passover Seder in 2025 DIY Workshop was led by Lab/Shul’s Leaders and is now available as a replay on YouTube.

Access the Replays here:

Session 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPSYWoH4NqI

Session 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a632RYlgOa8

Access SAYder Four New Questions PDF handout here: ttps://www.labshul.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SAYder-Four-New-Question-Handout_2025.pdf

Access SAYder Hosting Guide PDF with questions here: https://www.labshul.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SAYder-Four-New-Questions-Host-Guide_2025.pdf

This seder, read less, say more.

Make your Passover unforgettable with Reboot's FREE interactive Passover Resource Guide - a fresh, inspiring way to bring meaning, joy, and creativity to your celebration.

Download the Reboot Passover Resource Guide now here and be entered to win a $100 Zabar's gift card & more for Passover! https://rebooting.com/article/passover-guide/

Reboot has curated activities, resources, videos, and other offerings from our work that speak to these themes of hospitality, celebration, and creating a brighter and more equitable future.

This recipe substitutes potato starch and egg whites for the traditional wheat flour to keep within the Passover kosher rules. They give the cake a light texture, with the wonderfully fresh syrup keeping it moist and giving a unique flavor. You can use almond flour for a gluten-free cake, which can be served all year around.

Recipe: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/this-moroccan-passover-apricot-cake-is-lighter-than-air/

From My Jewish Learning.

JDCA’s Passover companion shares ways you can spark discussion at your Seder table about what we can do to fight against modern authoritarianism and defend our freedom. God sent 10 plagues to Egypt to free the Israelites, and we are calling on you to take 10 actions to combat Trump’s tyranny.

Download the Companion PDF: https://jewishdems.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-Passover-Seder-Companion.pdf?

Download the Seder Plate Illustration alone: https://jewishdems.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-values-seder-plate-1.pdf

From Hadran:
Prepare for Pesach!

Welcome to Hadran's Talmud learning recommendations for Passover.

You will find learning in three different styles:

1. You can choose topics from Hadran's Seder Night Sugiyot course focusing on ten Seder topics.

2. You can learn Gemara sections from Hadran's archive of shiurim with Rabbanit Michelle Farber. Each daf includes a lesson of about 45 minutes by podcast or video.

3. You can also find short shiurim on relevant topics by a variety of women scholars.

All learning on Hadran’s website is free of charge.

Happy Learning! Link: https://hadran.org.il/learning-recommendations-for-pesach/

For Pesach shiurim in Hebrew, click here: https://hadran.org.il/he/limud-pesach/

From Hadran:

Selling Chametz on Pesach: What is the Halakhic Logic? – Din & Daf

April 3, 2025 | ה׳ בניסן תשפ״ה / Dr. Elana Stein Hain

Link: https://hadran.org.il/author-post/selling-chametz-on-pesach-what-is-the-halakhic-logic-din-daf/

From Hadran:

Pesach Dapim Schedule:

Makkot 4 – Erev Pesach – Shabbat, April 12

Makkot 5 – 1st day of Pesach – Sunday, April 13

Makkot 6 – 2nd day of Pesach – Monday, April 14

You can access them all here: https://hadran.org.il/author-post/pesach-dapim-2025/

Please note: Zoom sessions will be held live on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday only over chol hamoed. For zoom updates, join this group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KlfZfbjnfvI3hI2FOSylG0

Ty Alhadeff, JIMENA’s Director of Education, has been featured in Conversations Journal, Issue 45, published by the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. In his article, Lessons from the Sephardic and Mizrahi Traditions, Ty offers a powerful overview of JIMENA’s educational vision and the transformative work we are doing to ensure Sephardic and Mizrahi history, identity, and voices are fully represented across Jewish and public education.

From launching our groundbreaking Sephardi & Mizrahi Education Toolkit to leading fellowships and building partnerships with public schools and national institutions, this article is a testament to how far our community has come—and how much more we’re ready to do.

We invite you to read and share this important piece as we continue to expand inclusive, representative Jewish education for all.

With gratitude, The JIMENA Team

Visit Ideals: https://www.jewishideas.org/

On Earth Day, April 22, Jewish Climate Action Network NYC (JCAN NYC), in collaboration with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, is hosting an event titled "Earth Day 2025: Celebrating Innovation and Action.”

This program will screen three fascinating segments from “50 States of Sustainability”: Learn about electric planes flying cargo, seaweed being turned into plastic straws, and the synergy between solar panels and agriculture.

Followed by a panel discussion and audience conversation. Tickets cost $10 but are half-off with promo code JCAN5.

Buy your tickets here: https://mmjccmfilm.eventive.org/schedule/67d07d5d18388313a26652a6

Trump's Moves to Undercut Wind Power
How Activists Can Respond

Jewish Earth Alliance Monthly Briefing
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET

REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CDjufDI4Sa-n-zaIakPp5g#/registration

President Trump's hostility towards offshore wind power is legendary and once in office, he wasted no time before wreaking havoc on the industry. He issued an executive order that would deny the country access to a renewable energy industry that was growing at a healthy clip and helping reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. (More details are below, in TAKE ACTION NOW.)

At our briefing, we'll delve into the state of offshore wind power in the US, Trump's moves to thwart it, and then contact the administration in support of wind power. The meeting will start with Jewish wisdom from Julia Emden, a Jewish educator, Iyengar-based yoga instructor and movement/expressive artist.

Save the Date - Harif UK:
This film is being shown for the first time in the UK and is based on the true story of Ziko, a nine-year-old orphan from Salonica.

A group of Greek Jews from Volos are sheltering on the Pelion mountain. A Nazi SS Unit intent on deporting the Jews to Auschwitz arrives to set up their headquarters. They demand to be billeted with the group.

The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Rami Kimchi.

Tickets £16.50, plus £2 booking fee and £1.50 security charge. To book, click here: https://www.jw3.org.uk/book/857415

From Harif UK:
EIGHTY YEARS SINCE THE 1945 TRIPOLITANIA POGROM
WITH VIVIENNE ROUMANI-DENN

TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025
7:00 pm UK/ 11:00 am PT/ 2:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm Europe / 9:00 pm Israel
PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIMES
Info: https://www.harif.org/event/the-little-known-tripolitania-riots-of-1945/

It is 80 years since 130 Libyan Jews were brutally killed during three days in November 1945 in Tripoli and elsewhere in Tripolitania. Shops and homes were looted, synagogues burnt down, such as the Zawia synagogue shown here, and property destroyed. This tragic episode, which is hardly known, was followed by a second pogrom in 1948. Over 90 per cent of Jews participated in the Aliyah starting in 1949.

What happened exactly and what were the root causes? Oral historian Vivienne Roumani-Denn has made a study of these terrible events and gathered survivors’ testimonies.

From Harif UK:
CAN WE PRESERVE JUDEO-ARABIC
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION?
WITH SAMANTHA ELLIS

TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2025
7:30 pm UK/ 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET / 8:30 pm Europe / 9:30 pm Israel

Samantha Ellis’s mother tongue is dying out. An urgent need to find out more becomes an expansive investigation into how to keep hold of her culture – and when to let it go.

Info: https://www.harif.org/event/can-we-preserve-judeo-arabic-for-the-next-generation/

Available in the UK (so far) or online: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452893/chopping-onions-on-my-heart-by-ellis-samantha/9781784745028

The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. A language that’s now on the verge of extinction.

She will be in conversation with Lyn Julius about her new book ‘Chopping onions on my heart’ (The Judeo-Arabic equivalent of ‘Rubbing salt in the wound’).

From the Workers Circle:
Four Winters: Sharing Partisan Stories Discussion

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
6:00 PM 7:00 PM

Register: https://www.circle.org/events/four-winters

Please note: we will not be screening the film itself at this event, but we encourage all to attend — those who have not seen the film will still find value in this program.

You can see the film at two upcoming screenings in Manhattan on Sunday, April 27.

Buy tickets here:
Sunday 5pm: https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/1866
Sunday 7pm: https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/1867

New Plaza Cinema @Macaulay Honors College
We strongly encourage our patrons to purchase tickets online in advance!

We recommend arriving 30 minutes prior to the screening.
35 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023

From the Workers Circle
Instant Yiddish: Passover Edition

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM