Pesach
Jewish communities in Australia are still carrying the shock of Bondi. Photo: Nadine Saacks
April 1, 2026, 9:36 am
Leaving Mitzrayim in an uncertain time
Freedom has never meant the absence of fear or uncertainty.
By Rabbi Gersh Lazarow
Seder table. Photo: SociaL media
April 1, 2026, 8:00 am
Families together again this Pesach
As Pesach begins, families gather in Israel and at home, marking the festival with reunion, reflection and hope.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Adeena Sussman, Shalom Simcha Elbert and Ruhama Shitrit
March 31, 2026, 11:00 am
Israeli chefs share their winning Pesach shortcuts
Ruhama Shitrit, Adeena Sussman and Shalom Simcha Elbert say goals for this holiday under fire should be ‘tasty food that’s also simple, and to keep our traditions’
By JESSICA STEINBERG
March 25, 2026, 9:28 am
How the Seder became the Seder
From communal, public events to family gatherings inside a home, how has the seder changed over the years?
By AJN STAFF
CEO of FoodFilled Rob Miller. Photo: Supplied
March 24, 2026, 2:05 pm
Rescuing food you’re cleaning out for Pesach
The initiative invites people to donate non-perishable food items they may be clearing from their home.
By AJN STAFF
Illustrative: Two women, one of them wrapped in an Israeli flag, help to set the 'The Empty Seder Table,’ with 133 chairs and place settings, representing hostages still being held in Gaza by Hamas, in front of Downing Street in London, Britain, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
April 10, 2025, 12:02 pm
Freedom
There are still 59 hostages being held in Hamas tunnels in Gaza, not all of them alive.
From left: Dean Burger (President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day Saints), Rabbi Yaakov Glasman (St Kilda Shule), Omer Anees and his wife Anam Umer Shahab (both from the Islamic Association of Ballarat).
April 20, 2023, 1:51 pm
Abrahamic religions celebrate together
The event marked the special concurrence of the significant festivals of Pesach, Easter and Ramadan. These major faith holidays coincide approximately once every 30 years...
By Mia Gardiner
Photo: Chernetskaya/Dreamstime.com
April 20, 2023, 11:41 am
The time-honoured traditions of Pesach
'The seder is one of the most shared, rejoiced and celebrated rituals in Judaism'
By Tracey Scheier
April 19, 2023, 7:15 am
Keeping up with Scott
“Happy Passover people,” Disick wrote on his Instagram stories alongside a number of bowls of matzah ball soup.
By AJN STAFF
April 18, 2023, 7:47 am
Ken and Barbie go Jewish
British Jewish actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, who is of European descent on his father's side and Trinidadian descent on his mother's side, will play a Ken doll.
Boxes of matzah from the factory in Dnipro, March 12, 2023. Photo: Federation of the Jewish Communities of Ukraine
April 9, 2023, 2:49 pm
Matzah factory survives a Russian strike
As it prepared tons of matzah for Seder, the Tiferet Matzot bakery in southern Dnipro, Ukraine’s main matzah factory was shaken by drone attack.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Photo: Markus Spiske/Pexels
April 5, 2023, 1:50 pm
Freedom from the Pharaoh of fossil fuels
With the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt long gone, what does 'freedom from Pharaoh' mean in my own life and our community's life?
By Joel Lazar
The Four Questions (Ma Nishtana) from the 14th-century Sarajevo Haggadah. Photo: Wikipedia.com
April 4, 2023, 3:30 pm
Ma Nishtana – Why is this night different?
This ritual and others like removing the food early on, as if the meal was over were established to encourage a culture of questions.
By Rabbi Mendy Ajzenszmidt
Part page from the Golden Haggadah, probably Barcelona, c. 1320. Right: cleaning of the house. Left: slaughtering the Passover lamb and cleansing dishes. Photo: Wikipedia.com
April 4, 2023, 10:31 am
The essence of the Pesach seder
There is the seder we will have – and one we recall.
By YOSSI ARON
A Purim celebration in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, run by Chabad of RARA earlier this month.
March 30, 2023, 11:50 am
Campaign boosts regional outreach
The campaign has so far raised $260,000 for its outreach work for isolated Jewish families and individuals across Australia, and remains open for additional donations.
By Shane Desiatnik
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