Passover News

A Jewish group wants Gov. Charlie Crist to change the date of a special congressional election in South Florida because it falls on the last day of Passover.

A Lower Makefield resident who's sending care packages to Jewish military personnel serving overseas might repeat the effort around Passover.

A rabbi gave children another perspective on religion at a Catholic school. Rabbi Douglas Charing talked to pupils at Holy Rood Catholic Junior School about Jewish celebrations, including Passover and Hanukkah.

The Book of Psalms is comprised of five books or collections of psalms. The fifth collection contains Psalms 107-150. Numerous smaller collections exist within this large group.

More than two decades later, Tobi Kahn still remembers the talk he gave at his bar mitzvah.

Our grandmothers - and their grandmothers before them - have always told us to set an extra place for dinner this time of year, just in case an unexpected guest needs a warm meal and even warmer holiday spirit.

It might seem unusual for a rabbi to give a presentation in Mount Airy, but thata s exactly what will happen this week when a leader of the Jewish faith speaks here.

Born from the kitchen of a large Jewish family, this recipe is not only perfect for Passover but also for those cold days when you are not quite feeling so hot.

The Jewish festival known as Passover, or Pesach, celebrates the ancient Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt.

A new committee has been formed and met for the first time last Thursday at city hall.

I grew up in an interesting family. My mother is Jewish, but converted to Catholicism as a young woman.

Church Teaching Q&A / Catholicism 101 Author: Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D Source: Thanksgiving & Eucharist But why did Lincoln proclaim the last Thursday in November as a national holiday? Because it was clear to him that the blessings of food, land, family, and freedom enjoyed by Americans are all gifts from the Creator.

Joseph Samuels, born Yosef Sasson in Baghdad, was 18 when he fled Iraq for the new state of Israel.

Latin American Jews spark new companies targeting their heritage October 29, 2009 Julie Sobel They call themselves Jewbans, Mexi-Jews, Jewminicans or Kosher-Ricans. They can be found eating guacamole on matzah on Passover or drinking kosher tequila on Cinco de Mayo.

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THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has asked for the immediate withdrawal of a book that schools use as an HSC text, which it says contains anti-Semitic slurs.

A man in British Columbia was convicted of criminal negligence this week after botching the home circumcision of his four-year old in 2007.

Romans 4:13, 16-18: It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the charity that comes from the inner truth.

A Vancouver-area father has been found guilty of negligence causing bodily harm after botching a home-circumcision attempt on his four-year-old son, part of the man's spiritual quest to make things right with God.

Ellenbeth Fullwood said she's grateful a judge set an April 12 jury trial for her 6-year-old daughter's alleged killer.