Passover and Easter Resource Page

Wondering whether you should go to Easter dinner at your mother-in-law's during Passover? Is it OK to eat matzah--and peeps? Learn how to solve the spring holiday dilemma with articles, resources and links from InterfaithFamily.com.

Helpful Documents on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families

• Guide to Passover for Interfaith Families (also available in PDF and Word formats) -- Includes just about everything you could possibly want to know about Passover.
• Tips for Interfaith Families: How to Make a Seder Inclusive
• Passover in Interfaith Families: Three Essays from InterfaithFamily.com, with Discussion Guide, Tips, Recommended Resources and Activities for Children (also available in PDF format)
• Report: What We Learned from the 2009 Passover-Easter Survey (also available in Word format)

Passover Recipes

Passover Recipes Index -- Includes recipes for classics like matzah ball soup and macaroons, as well as gourmet and internationally inspired dishes.

Recommended Articles on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families

• Ten Tips to Enliven the Seder: Ways to Delay That Fifth Question by Ron Wolfson
• Four Modern Questions for Passover by Zell Schulman
• Five Interfaith Passover Readings You Can Add to Your Hagaddah by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael
• A Different Spring Dilemma by Penina Hoffnung
• Next Year at Liz's and Josh's by Ellen Glazer 

For many more helpful Passover and Easter articles, click on this link to access our archive:

• Passover and Easter

Passover/Easter Discussion Board

• Passover and Easter

Additional Resources on Passover/Easter in Interfaith Families

Websites

Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information on Passover:

• Primer: Passover
• Overview: Passover History
• Overview: Passover Themes and Theology
• Commemorating the Exodus

Jewishfreeware.org - Free downloadable haggadahs and haggadah templates.

Books

• Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
• Strassfeld, Michael. The Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary. HarperCollins, 1985. In addition to in-depth discussion of each holiday, this book includes commentaries, ideas for family holiday involvement, and suggestions for new traditions.
• Wolfson, Dr. Ron. The Art of Jewish Living. Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, 1990. Written by a well-known family educator, this series of books includes volumes on Shabbat, Hanukkah and Passover. Each includes recipes, crafts and family activities to enhance observance.
• Cox, Harvey. Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Read our review.
• Kimmel, Eric A. A Passover Companion: Wonders and Miracles, illustrated with art spanning three thousand years. Scholastic Press, 2004. Read our review.
• Kay, Rabbi Alan and Jo Kay. Make Your Own Passover Seder: A New Approach to Creating a Personal Family Celebration. Jossey-Bass, 2004. Read our review.

If you know of other Passover/Easter resources--or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of Passover or Easter--please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.