Passover is a sacred holiday for Jewish people. For seven to eight days, observants commemorate the Exodus from Egypt through various customs and rituals, from eating meals to attending special ...

Like most Jewish families, mine has spent years, decades even, crafting our Passover seders. Each time we meet, a new tradition gets folded into the script, and we rejoice in revisiting it for years ...

In last week’s Jewish Journal, I showed how to make placemats for Passover depicting the parting of the Red Sea. The follow-up to that craft activity is inspired by what happened after the waters ...

For the past few years, I have been adding a split open pomegranate to my Seder plate. In addition to the traditional six items on the plate, plus an orange as a symbol of LGBTQIA+ inclusion and, this ...

Display the seder plate and hide the afikomen – Passover begins this week. Passover, or Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, usually falling in March or ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Passover, or Pesach, celebrates the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt. The 8-day holiday starts on ...

The Jewish holiday of Passover plays an important role in Judaism, according to myjewishlearning.com. Jews eat unleavened bread or "matzo" during the celebratory Jewish festival, according to ...

"Why is this night different from all other nights?" This is one of the four questions that are asked by the youngest member of a Jewish family at the Passover Seder. On Passover, it's considered our ...

My 98-year-old mother calls my Passover Seder a gantzeh megillah — a big production. She’s right. For me, the Seder is the hardest event of the year to prepare for. Yet it is by far the most ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Megan Fountain co-leads a seder, calls for a ceasefire. Credit: Laura Glesby Photo It is not ...