{"id":601,"date":"2011-04-18T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=601"},"modified":"2011-04-18T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:45:12","slug":"passover-starts-tonight-faith-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/passover-starts-tonight-faith-news-roundup.html","title":{"rendered":"Passover Starts Tonight: Faith News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passover begins tonight, and Jews are vigorously debating &#8212; what else is new? &#8212; the proper way to observe this major holiday, with controversies ranging from the dietary (whether <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/13\/dining\/13gin.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">gin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/passover\/article\/2011\/04\/17\/3086903\/matzo-or-ciabatta#When:03:11:00Z\">ciabatta\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/18\/nyregion\/for-passover-eating-quinoa-is-popular-but-is-it-kosher.html?_r=2&amp;hp\">quinoa <\/a>are kosher-for-Passover) to the literal (how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/04\/11\/diy-passover-jews-craft-t_n_847676.html\">make the Haggadah reading personally relevant without sacrificing too much of the ritual<\/a>\u00a0text).<\/p>\n<p>A few more \u00a0interesting links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/18\/let-my-people-go-understanding-the-passover-seder\/\">Let my people go: Understanding the Passover seder <\/a>(CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/04\/passover-seder-jewish-christian-\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Christian Passover seders: Rip-off or religious respect? <\/a>(USA Today&#8217;s Faith &amp; Reason blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2011-04-18-Passover_Jewish_18_ST_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">At Passover and all year, creative Jews update traditions <\/a>(USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/04\/17\/3086916\/obama-cites-middle-east-struggles-peace-in-passover-message#When:14:27:00Z\">Obama cites Middle East struggles, peace in Passover message<\/a> (JTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And on a lighter note,\u00a0if you&#8217;re having trouble imagining a week without toast, bagels or pizza, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.jta.org\/passover\/article\/2011\/04\/06\/3086751\/evil-son-jewish-a-cappella-group-declares-i-just-ate-chametz#When:15:27:00Z\">check out the semi-scandalous, fairly\u00a0hilarious\u00a0music video for\u00a0&#8220;Just Ate Chametz.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Just Had Chametz by Kol Ish (Celebrating Passover)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ivW37huDN1A?start=64&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts, including any other links you recommend on this topic, \u00a0in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passover begins tonight, and Jews are vigorously debating &#8212; what else is new? &#8212; the proper way to observe this major holiday, with controversies ranging from the dietary (whether gin, ciabatta\u00a0and\u00a0quinoa are kosher-for-Passover) to the literal (how to make the Haggadah reading personally relevant without sacrificing too much of the ritual\u00a0text). 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