Easter & Passover

Atypical Easter and Passover celebrations will be the norm for most families this year with our self-isolation preventing our normal family gatherings. Whether we are seeking a moment to reflect or needing a laugh with our children, our online resources have many offerings.

HAPPY EASTER

Wherever you are, whomever you’re with, may your books, blessings, and chocolate be plentiful.

For the younger crowd we have a stories, crafting or a movie or two:

• Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure by James Dean
• How to Recognize the Easter Bunny by Inge Clements
• My Big Book of Easter Activities by Clare Beaton
• Easter Traditions Around the World by M.J. Cosson
• The First Easter by Karen Williamson
• Easter Bunny Tales (one of many Easter movies featured on Hoopla)

For adults setting the table, we have:

• Feast: Food that Celebrates Life by Nigella Lawson 
• Peeps-a-licious by Just Born Inc. 
• Devotions for Easter by Stacy J. Edwards offers a moment of reflection
• Easter at Glossers by Robert Jeschonek, set in 1935, is a nice family tale
• If you are solo with chocolate, try a cozy mystery like Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier

CHAG PESACH SEMEACH

Like many celebrations this spring, our friends celebrating Passover are adapting their traditions to celebrate one of the most important Jewish holidays of the year. With social distancing in place, the Seder will be smaller or celebrated virtually. If you are celebrating from home, Hoopla and Overdrive have resources to help.

Reading with your children:

• Passover by Monique Polak
• All about Passover by Judyth Groner
• Passover is Coming!  by Tracy Newman
• It’s Passover, Grover! (on Hoopla TV for preschoolers)

Cooking at home:

• The Perfect Passover Cookbook by Judy Bart Kancigor
• The Jewish Manual by Judith Cohen Montefiore

For reflection:

• Jewish Family by Alex Pomson
• A Chosen Few by Mark Kurlansky
• Jewish Answers by Rabbi Shmuel Jablon

And for fun:

• Jewish Holiday Origami by Joel Stern