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PURELY COMMENTARY 
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PASSOVER 
14 
How will This Year’s Seder Be 
 
Different than Last Year’s? 
 
Many gear up to celebrate another virtual 
 
Passover, others plan small seders.

16 
Rules of Engagement 
 
Party planners provide tips to keep your 
 
Zoom seder guests participating.

18 
Celebrating Together 
 
Many synagogues and families will hold 
 
seders via Zoom.

19 
Passover on Campus 
 
Hillels plan for seders under COVID 
 
restrictions.

OUR COMMUNITY 
20 
Important Role 
 
Rep. Brenda Lawrence appointed to U.S. 
 
Holocaust Memorial Council.

20 
Harassment Thwarted 
 
Anti-Israel provocateur wins no friends 
 
at kosher market.

MAZEL TOV! 
22 
Moments

SPIRIT 
26 
Torah portion

ARTS&LIFE 
27 
Welcoming Elijah 
 
Stray cat teaches kids kindness 
 
at Passover.

28 
Creative Cooking for Passover

30 
Celebrity Jews 

EVENTS 
32

SPORTS 
34 
Safety Over Strikes and Spares 
 
Hannah Resnick makes tough decision not 
 
to bowl for Lawrence Technological 
 
University this season.

34 
Quick Hits

ERETZ 
36 
News from Israel

Shabbat Lights 
Shabbat starts: 
Friday, March 19, 7:26 p.m. 
Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, March 20, 8:28 p.m. 

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah calendar. 

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March 18-24, 2021 / 5-11 Nisan 5781| VOLUME CLIX, ISSUE 7

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ETC. 
The Exchange 37 
Faces & Places 
38 
Obituaries 
39 
Raskin 
45 
Looking Back 46 

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credit: Photo collage 
includes the Jeff and Shayna Levin 
seder table with inset from Ezra 
Shaw/Getty Images via JTA. 
Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

