The First Day of Spring is here and the spring holidays for 2025 are near: Lent, Easter, Good Friday, and Passover dates.

Grab the seder plate and start prepping the matzo, the eight-day celebration of Passover, or Pesach, starts this Monday. The major Jewish holiday happens during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew ...

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

We celebrate major Jewish holidays and lifecycle events and read Jewish literature and ideas as evolving creations of the Jewish people. Rather than praying to or relying on a god, we focus on what ...

Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

The Howard County Board of Education has given staff and pupils the two major Jewish holidays off since 1979. In recent years, the board has come under pressure to include major Muslim ...

During the holiday, Jewish people are charged with “reflecting ... Passover prep generally involves a major housecleaning to rid the home of any chametz (leavened food). The practice of not ...