You know those random internet culture moments that stick in your brain? We all have them, usually from a time when the internet was younger and more chaotic than it seems to be now. Maybe it’s the white and gold/blue and black dress, the Gangnam Style dance or the famous Oscar selfie. You remember them at the most inopportune moments and next thing you know, you’re cackling in your car at the memory. For me, it’s this video: a 2006 Passover parody titled “Who Let the Jews Out?” The first time I watched it, I must have been about 6 years old. My dad turned on our giant family computer and typ ..read more

Matzah is no aphrodisiac. On the first two days of Passover, it’s a novelty. Sure, matzah tastes like a Saltine tried intermittent fasting. But the fact that Jews haven’t had to eat it for a year makes it more bearable. Passover day three is when the desperation sets in. Matzah with butter can only go so far. At some point you’ll need to consume some actual nutrients. Plus, the sight of the dreaded crackers instills a deep rage within you. Take a breath and step away from the Yehuda Matzos. Hey Alma and our partner site The Nosher are here to help. Since anyone keeping kosher for Passover is e ..read more

“One little goat, one little goat, that father bought for two zuzim.” These words run through my head around this time of year. I hear the words intoned almost like a Greek chorus, the way my family used to recite the song “One Little Goat” without a melody in English translation on Passover. What were zuzim? Why were we singing about all of these animals… and then Death and God show up? The song has a “Circle of Life” quality to it and, as a child, reminded me of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.” “One Little Goat,” or “Chad Gadya” is a “cumulative song.” Probably written sometime i ..read more

Even if you don’t think you know Michaela Watkins, you still probably do. The Jewish comedian and actor has had an extremely productive career over the last 20 years, starring in everything from sitcoms to a drama miniseries to late night sketch shows to rom-coms. Here are 18 things to know about her. 1. Michaela was born on December 14, 1971 in Syracuse, New York to a Jewish family. 2. She’s a Sagittarius. 3. Her first acting role was as a cockney maid in a British farce play. She was 15 years old! 4. She graduated from Wellesley High School and then studied theater at Boston University. 5. J ..read more

The very first time I participated in counting the Omer was the spring of 2020. I was working for a Jewish nonprofit and navigating the terrifyingly uncertain, unprecedented early days of the pandemic. In this virtual reality, a Jewish educator held a Zoom class on preparing for Passover during which she explained that the Torah commands us to count the days between the second night of Passover and Shavuot, which is when Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mt. Sinai. I’d heard about counting the Omer in the past, but had never followed through. This year was different, though. I wa ..read more

Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 18, 2024 to include even more Passover TV. Enjoy. Dear reader, I know what you’re thinking: the Passover holiday doesn’t always have the glitz and glam of Hanukkah or a bar/bat mitzvah. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy when Pesach and seders make it onto our TV screens! So we’ve decided to compile a list of every Passover episode you could possibly consume and where to find them. There are 24 episodes on this list with varying degrees of Passover plotlines (from the entire episode to just a subplot) on so many streaming platforms — and ..read more

My Passover prep and celebrations have always been consistent. I alternate between saying Passover and Pesach, I use the Maxwell House haggadah at my seder and I watch “Shalom Sesame Passover” — okay, that mostly happened when I was younger, but I stand by it being an excellent piece of Jewish culture! I was staunch in my traditions (hi, Tevye!) and didn’t really see the need to add an animated film to the rotation during the holiday. But it seems I may have been overlooking another important piece of Passover Jewish culture: “The Prince of Egypt.” Every year, friends routinely question why I ..read more

Few things in this world give me as much joy as Jewish holiday decor mishaps. I’ll never forget the thrill of discovering an absolutely haunted hooded blanket from Target’s 2021 Hanukkah collection or the superiority of seeing Bed Bath & Beyond’s pillow which reads “Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? Happy Hanukkah.” The 2022 Target lion menorah is still legendary in my household for its shocking resemblance to a phallus, making the incredibly difficult 360 revolution of being so bad that it’s camp and so camp that it’s actually good. Honestly, even Dollar Tree’s entirely p ..read more

Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday. I love the ritualistic combination of profundity and utter silliness, I love the simultaneous focus on past, present and future, and I have even come to love the eggs in salt water. But most of all, I love it because it’s the Jewish holiday that my family does the biggest. Towards the end of February we all start to get twitchy about who will volunteer to cram the 30 to 40 guests around their dining room table. When my wonderful family — large in number and tiny in stature — congregates for Passover, we all talk at the same time to catch up on a whole ye ..read more

If there was such a thing as The Best Jew, the title could very well go to Antonia Lassar. The L.A.-based comedian is deeply in touch with their Jewishness, hosting both a Jewy gossip podcast called “Yenta!” with fellow Jewish comic Raye Schiller and niggun circles for Hadar West Coast and IKAR. She describes herself as “a proud Jewish nerd writing comedy for other proud Jewish nerds” and the evidence is in her TikTok presence: Multiple of Antonia’s viral comedy videos have a Jewish angle, like the one about being a queer Jew and the one where she pretends to be the interior designer for every ..read more