Passover

The Jewish News of Northern California

Participants dance through the “Red Sea” during the Deadhead seder in San Rafael on April 4. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Annual Deadhead seder is definitely different from all others

by Aaron Levy-Wolins April 7, 2026April 14, 2026

Wearing Grateful Dead-inspired kippot and tie-dye shirts, some 200 people packed the annual Deadhead seder on Saturday to raucously celebrate Passover. The crowd — mainly baby boomers and Gen Xers […]

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Celebrate Passover’s end with Mimouna events across the Bay Area

by Rahel Knight April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)

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10 things to do with your kids during Passover in Northern California

by Lea Loeb April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

The seder plate at last year's “Coming Home: A Sensual Seder for Love and Liberation” event. (Courtesy Mira Stern)

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This seder leans on sensory experiences and a ‘liberation chic’ dress code

by Lea Loeb April 3, 2026April 6, 2026

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Passover events in the Bay Area keep on coming

by Rahel Knight April 1, 2026April 3, 2026

A woman shows a missile alert notification on her mobile phone as residents take cover indoors following missile fire from Iran toward Israel on the eve of the Passover, in Mishmar David, April 1. 2026. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

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Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war with Iran

by Theia Chatelle April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel in Detroit holds Lego blocks, urging families to add the children’s toy to their Seder plates in the wake of a recent attack on the synagogue. (Facebook)

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Temple Israel calls for a Lego on the seder plate after attack

by Grace Gilson April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Calendar

Upcoming events: Mimouna. ‘Lost in Yonkers.’ Isaac Mizrahi.

by Rahel Knight March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

This Savory Cabbage Layer “Cake” with Meat is an alternative to stuffed cabbage. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

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This trendy Passover ‘cake’ turns stuffed cabbage on its head

by Alix Wall March 27, 2026March 31, 2026

Chicken, matzah and sautéed vegetables are layered in this meal-in-one dish. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

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A Passover chicken dish for the rest of the holiday

by Faith Kramer March 26, 2026March 26, 2026