The Passover Seder – like this one in Azerbaijan – commemorates the story of the Israelites' escape from slavery, and the start of their long sojourn in the desert. Reza/Getty Images The Jewish ...

On Monday evening, April 22, the holiday of Passover begins. Jewish people throughout the world will begin the holiday with the traditional meal (seder). Military installations and ships will have the ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — This year, Noam Safir and her family will order takeout for the Passover seder because her mother Moshit has no energy to cook a festive meal, as she has done in past years. Moshit is ...

At sunset on Wednesday, April 5, Jewish people throughout the world began celebrating the Festival of Passover. Military personnel on installations and ships will conduct the ritual meal (seder). When ...

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 ...

Passover, otherwise known as Pesach in Hebrew, is regarded as one of the most important festivals in Judaism. Every year, Jewish families celebrate the festival by gathering around the Seder table and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while looking ahead toward better ones to come. The ...

(The Conversation) — The Passover Seder commemorates the escape from slavery in Egypt. But then came the 40-year wandering in the desert – a story that resonates with much of Jewish history. (The ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) The Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is celebrated in small booths, ...