SHLICHA’S VIEW WITH EYNAV DAHAN Time for my favorite things: Family, food, unity, nature

Passover always feels like a new start to me. Welcoming the spring after the (not so cold in Israel, but very cold here) winter, seeing nature starting to bloom and seeing my city, Karmiel, filled with kalaniyot (anemone flowers), the symbol of the city. My favorite thing about Passover is the way my heritage comes together on one table of food. My mother is an Ashkenazi Jew. Her parents came from Romania and have all their traditional Ashkenazi Romanian food for the holiday. My father is a Mizrachi Jew whose parents came from Morocco and Syria, with all their food and traditions. So our Passover table is a mix of dishes from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. We start with matzo ball soup, continue with stuffed artichokes in a Moroccan sauce and end with nishah, a Syrian dessert.

At the end of the holiday, we have a big mimuna in our house and everyone is invited. Mimuna is a Moroccan tradition at the end of Passover. After not eating chametz (leaven), the mimuna is like a celebration of it. We eat a lot of traditional desserts, and they all have flour in them. And the sweeter the better.

This tradition started in Morocco as a symbol of the unity between the Muslims and the Jewish people. The door of every Jewish home was open and everyone could come in. The Muslim neighbors would bring flour so the Jewish people, who didn’t have chametz in their houses, could make the food. Together they would celebrate and eat all night long.

Going back to Israel at this time of year is a combination of all my favorite things: fam- ily, food, unity and nature.

Jewish Day School students prepare for Passover

By Joanna Powers Jewish Day School Director of Hebrew and Judaics

Even before the first hamantaschen was tasted, Jewish Day School students were already preparing for

Passover. Beginning in February, students engaged in an intensive Haggadah workshop to hone their seder skills. From kadesh and avadim hayinu to dayenu and chad gadya, and just about everything in between, the students were becoming Haggadah experts. The lower school students were also busy making Passover projects, grade students will take part in a Passover-themed fair, with a variety of interactive stations that will reinforce all the holiday learning that they have been doing with their teachers. Students will stack sugar cubes to build Egyptian pyramids, race baby Moses across the Nile by blowing through a straw, clean a play kitchen until it is chametz (leaven) free, make matzah out of Crayola Model Magic and participate gether for the annual school seder. Their weeks of preparation will pay off. Every class will be responsible for a section of the seder, and specific readings will be recited by middle school students, who will all be coleaders of the event. All the ceremonial foods will be enjoyed, along with a delicious holiday meal prepared by Sunshine Café. After the prayers, blessings, stories, songs and dining are com-

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