Read more Passover stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29553/passover.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:12:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55666/obama-plans-first-presidential-seder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is planning to host a Passover seder at the White House for friends and staff tomorrow evening, JTA reports. What appears to be the first-ever presidential seder is scheduled for the second night of the Jewish holiday so guests can celebrate with their families tonight. The event “speaks...http://www.newser.com/story/55666/obama-plans-first-presidential-seder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 12:26:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55297/kosher-tequila-passover-choices-widen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe kosher alcohol scene has long been dominated by sweet Manishevitz, but that old standby is getting a run for its money as premium wines, and even hard liquor, are crossing the kosher barrier. Making kosher product has many restrictions, but entrepreneurs seem to think Jewish tipplers are in the...http://www.newser.com/story/55297/kosher-tequila-passover-choices-widen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 17:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25309/matzo-shortage-plagues-passover-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Passover in full swing, Jews in the San Francisco area are enduring a shortage of matzo, the Chronicle reports. Most grocers were cleaned out Friday or Saturday, the first day of the observance, and with the holiday stretching to the weekend, the observant wonder how they'll manage without the...http://www.newser.com/story/25309/matzo-shortage-plagues-passover-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Apr 2008 13:38:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24983/pope-makes-history-with-visit-to-us-synagogue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff to ever set foot inside an American synagogue with his visit to New York's Park East Synagogue yesterday, the New York Times reports. Benedict, presented with matzo, a Seder plate and a Passover prayer book, spoke to the congregation of "building bridges of...http://www.newser.com/story/24983/pope-makes-history-with-visit-to-us-synagogue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Apr 2008 5:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24956/margarine-shortage-stymies-passover-bakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJewish families are facing a culinary crisis: a shortage of margarine that’s kosher for Passover. The lack of available stick margarine in particular is frustrating cooks who bake confections that offset the holiday’s ban on leavening, the Wall Street Journal reports. "There are so few really tasty things at Passover...http://www.newser.com/story/24956/margarine-shortage-stymies-passover-bakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Apr 2008 14:54:39 CDT