Passover: Find out more
Websites
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International Council of Christians and Jews
www.iccj.org/en/index.php
Umbrella organisation of 38 national Jewish-Christian dialogue organisations
worldwide.
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html
Covers the history of the people of Israel, the emergence into Judaism, the
Jewish Middle Ages and Jewish life since the Enlightenment.
Passover Greetings Cards
www.123greetings.com/events/passover/
Send a free Passover e-greeting card.
Passover on the Net
www.holidays.net/passover/
A celebration of Passover, with history, music and recipes.
Pesach – Passover: Feast of freedom
www.everythingjewish.com/Pesach/
Pesach_Origins.htm
The ultimate Jewish guide to Passover, with an in-depth article on the origins of the festival.
Totally Jewish
www.totallyjewish.com/pesach/
A gateway site to the Jewish community in Britain, for young and
old. This page is about Passover but there’s loads of other
information on the community, including history, news and comment.
Books
The
Complete Passover Cookbook by Frances R AvRutick (Jonathan
David Publishers, 1981)
This classic book contains more than 500 clearly written Passover recipes.
Each chapter is spiced with history and laced with lore.
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A
History of the Jews by Paul Johnson (Weidenfeld and Nicholson,
2001)
A 4,000-year history, from the House of David up to the 1980s.
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Let
My People Eat! Passover Seders made simple by Zell Shulman
(John Wiley, 1998)
Answers questions about the tradition, symbolism, and etiquette of the Seder,
and features menus for a variety of diets, budgets and religious backgrounds.
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Passover
and Easter: Origin and history to modern times edited by
Paul F Bradshaw and Lawrence A Hoffman (University of Notre Dame,
2000)
Jewish and Christian scholars examine from historical, theological and aesthetic
perspectives, the practices and intricate interrelationships of Passover and
Easter. Several lament the anti-semitism that has been associated with Easter
liturgy.
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The
Passover Table by Susan Friedland (HarperCollins, 1999)
Before offering recipes, Friedland presents the roots of Passover in Jewish
history and in Jewish law, and explains the purpose of particular parts of
the Seder meal.
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Wonders
and Miracles: A Passover companion illustrated with art spanning
three thousand years by Eric A Kimmel (Scholastic Press,
February 2004)
Award-winning writer presents this ancient festival through stories, songs,
poems, prayers, and commentary.
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