Howard Nathanson holds a piece of matzo during Congregation Bnai Shalom’s annual community Seder on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Wilson. It was the second night of Passover, the weeklong Jewish ...

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Passover, the Jewish Festival of Freedom, is celebrated by Jews around the world every year. The eight-day holiday, which begins this year at sundown on April 5, commemorates the liberation of Hebrews ...

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 ...

The Hebrews crossing the Red Sea after escaping from slavery in Egypt. (Public domain image of a painting by Cornelius de Wael, 1630-35) Passover, the commemoration of the Old Testament story of the ...

The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The late Middle AgesA lamb, unleavened ...

Millions of people worldwide are preparing to celebrate the annual Jewish holiday of Passover. Though they often occur around the same time, Lent is a 40-day period observed by Christians, while ...