A LOOK
AT BOOKS
MARCH MADNESS
A Holocaust legacy, and
arguing about progressive Jews
MARCH 18, 2021 / 5 NISAN 5781
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JEWISHEXPONENT.COM — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH IN PHILADELPHIA —
$1.00 OPINION
A Year of
the Pandemic
Jewish Federation
co-chairs consider
the impact.

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FOOD Passover Means
It’s Wine Time
Here are nine
choices for your
four cups.

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Volume 133
Number 49
Published Weekly Since 1887
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
JEWISH FEDERATION OF Greater
Philadelphia announced that Michael
Balaban, president and CEO of Jewish
Federation of Broward County, will
become its new president and CEO on
June 1.

“He has a proven track record in
building community, both within the
Jewish community and outside the Jewish
community, and he has been a very accom-
plished fundraiser and manager,” said Gail
Norry, a search committee co-chair and
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
board co-chair.

Balaban has more than 30 years of
experience in nonprofi t administration.

Under his leadership in Broward County,
Federation increased its fundraising
Yemenite chicken soup
Photo by Michael Persico
A Passover Sampler:
Diff erent Cultures,
Diff erent Customs
EVERY YEAR AT PASSOVER, families
rejoice in reenacting both religious and
cultural tradition — reading from the
worn family Haggadah, using the seder
plate Bubbe and Zayde got for their
wedding, searching for the afi komen even
though all the kids know Uncle Jason
always puts it in the same place.

While we can easily make assumptions
about what our own seders will be like,
the worldwide Jewish experience is varied
and colorful, and customs — especially
when it comes to food — can diverge and
surprise. See CEO, Page 17
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Jeff Bartos
Announces Run
for US Senate
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LOCAL Jewish
Federation Names
Michael Balaban
President, CEO
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