Ari Shapiro became a host on NPR's All Things Considered in 2015. In addition to working as a journalist, he sings with the band Pink Martini and performs in a cabaret act with actor Alan Cumming.

ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: At the Passover celebration in the first century B.C., Rabbi Hillel smeared bitter herbs and an apple nut mixture called charoset between two slices of unleavened bread, or ...