Shabbat shalom, My husband is upstairs baking challah for the second time in his life, while my mushroom barley soup simmers in the slow cooker and I rush from Zoom to Zoom in the corner of the basement that has become my office. If you haven't figured out yet what to make for dinner — or for Passover — check out this chicken soup that Yogi Berra loves. In this intense news moment, when we're all living the story, we wanted to take a big step back — especially with Passover approaching — to think more deeply about what feels like the 11th plague. We convened 19 top thinkers to meditate on the plagues, and their essays are collected online here and in the PDF you can print by using the button above. It's the perfect thing to savor over the weekend. And on Monday afternoon, I'm hosting a "Zoomversation" with several of the authors — sign up here to join us. Thanks for reading the Forward, Jodi Rudoren Editor-in-Chief P.S. We need your help covering this crisis. If you know someone acting heroically, please share their story here, and if someone you know has died of Covid-19, share a memory here. And if you know a middle- or high-schooler, encourage them to enter our writing contest. P.S. Love this newsletter? Don't keep it to yourself. Forward to a friend.
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