At sunset on Wednesday, roughly 170 students at the University of Virginia celebrated the start of the seven-day Passover holiday with a gathering at the Brody Jewish Center to hear Rabbi and ...

With both Easter Sunday and the end of Passover falling on the same day this year, April 20, Jewish and Christian faithful around Southern California and the world are finding creative ways to observe ...

The poem by Primo Levi that begins my haggadah echoes the line in Exodus that tells us the Israelites fleeing Egypt were joined by an “erev rav” — a mixed multitude. Commentators explain these were ...

Donations to a Judaica drive told an American tale of resilience and mutual aid, according to an organizer. LOS ANGELES — While the L.A. wildfires were still smoldering in January, I sat down to write ...

Seder plates, then as now, served as the centerpiece of the Passover seder table. They provide crucial insights into the holiday’s central traditions for German Jews in the 18th and 19th centuries.

A community Passover Seder took place on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Muhlenberg College’s Seegers Union building. Lee Levine of New Tripoli wraps the matzah during a catered community Passover Seder on ...

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The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, April 12 at sundown and goes until nightfall on Sunday, April 20. There are variations of the tradition from Orthodox to Reformed Judaism. Two nights ...

A Seder plate is set on a table at the American Jewish Committee's diplomatic Seder at SMU's Meadows Museum on April 1. Liz Rymarev / Staff Photographer Passover is a holiday that remembers the Jewish ...

A Seder plate is set on a table at the American Jewish Committee's annual diplomatic Seder in Dallas on April 1 at SMU's Meadows Museum. 12:19 p.m. April 12, 2025: A previous version of this story ...

As Jews prepare to celebrate Passover’s theme of freedom, Israel and the United States face the prospect of autocratic rule. I always took solace in knowing that if American democracy fractured I ...

Passover is a Jewish holiday commemorating the liberation of the Hebrews from slavery in ancient Egypt. The holiday is celebrated with Seders, ritual meals including symbolic foods and readings from ...