NEWTOWN, Conn. — Nothing is the same in this devastated town these days, and this week’s religious holidays will be overshadowed, as is the rest of life, by the deaths of 26 first-graders and staff ...

Now that Passover is over, we are free. After all, Passover is the holiday where we celebrate not only our emancipation from slavery, but also our freedom to become more than what we were previously.

Passover, or "Pesach" in Hebrew, is one of the Jewish religion’s "most sacred and widely observed holidays," notes History.com. Passover commemorates the Israelites’ departure from ancient Egypt, ...

The essence of Passover, which begins Friday night, isn’t matzah (unleavened bread) or the four cups of wine at the seder meal. Those merely point to the real message: the importance of our humility ...

JTA – At a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv on Friday evening, congregants recited the mourner’s prayer for those killed in Syria’s civil war. Standing before a mural of the Tree of Life, the rabbi of Beit ...

Editor's note: Look for a sermon or lesson from Houston's diverse faiths every week in Belief. Rituals have their place in Judaism. Chief among them is the Seder at Passover, which begins at sundown ...

Israel’s various Jewish denominations adapted their Passover prayers to address the tragedy unfolding just across their northern border. TEL AVIV (JTA) – At a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv on Friday ...