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Passover's message about remembering, loving, welcoming and not oppressing strangers in the land carries new meaning at this time in U.S. history.
This story came to function as a powerful narrative of persecution and liberation for Jewish people. The command to celebrate and remember the exodus from Egypt and the Passover for future ...
Opinion: What if the secret to overcoming everyday addiction were contained in a 3,000-year old Jewish holiday.
More than any other holiday, Passover captivates American Jews. Some 70% of us will take part in a seder tonight, the ritual meal recounting the ancient story of the Jewish people’s liberation ...
A new crop of children’s books with Passover themes have been released, from a based-on-a-true-story retelling of a Pesach celebration on Mt. Everest to a look inside President Barack Obama’s ...
Opinion Passover is always emotional. This year especially so. Jews come to the table still staggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel.
Passover is a unifying holiday for observant Jews the world over. The most celebrated of Jewish holidays, Passover, represents liberation and is symbolic of self-determination.
Stark County's Jewish leaders say modern crises impacting Jews are very similar to the story of the first Passover.
A Passover Seder can be a long, dry affair. Reading through the Haggadah, which sets forth the order of the Seder dinner, takes several hours, and the story and customs remain unchanged year after ...
Passover allows Jewish people to remember the liberation of the Israelites. There are symbolic foods, stories and depending on observance, festivals.
The word “Passover” comes from a Biblical story about the ten plagues God inflicted on Egypt for enslaving the Israelites. The story of Passover is told in the Bible in Chapter 12 of the Book ...
With the model of the Exodus to guide us, the Passover holiday reminds us to have empathy for others because we know what it means to suffer.