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• Where to Get Kosher-for-Passover Food Way Off the Beaten Track - From the middle of Canada to the middle of China, it’s possible with some planning April 18, 2019
  Passover planning when you live in the prairie lands in Saskatchewan, Canada, isn’t as simple as getting in the car and driving to the nearest supermarket. Not that there aren’t supermarkets in the city of Saskatoon, it’s just that the number of kosher items available is fairly limited. Add the challenges of caring for a […]
• Sales of ‘Chametz’ Soar as Passover Tradition Is Observed Digitally - Chabad.org makes it easy to participate in the age-old tradition April 16, 2019
  Ian Zlotnik did something last week that he had never done before: He sold his chametz. Zlotnik, a busy young professional and New Jersey transplant to Houston, was at the Chabad House helping set up for YJP Houston’s monthly Shabbat dinner for young professionals when Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff, director of Chabad of Uptown in Houston, […]
• First Mikvah on Korean Peninsula Opens in Seoul - Ritual bath to accommodate a thriving Jewish community April 4, 2019
  Local dignitaries, Jewish community members and others gathered on March 31 for the grand opening of the first-ever mikvah on the Korean Peninsula. Among those who attended the event were U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Harry B. Harris and U.S. Army Chaplain Rabbi Henry Soussan, who served as master of ceremonies. The mayor […]