That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Some sages call this Torah portion of Yitro – a miniature Shavuot. Though we are not gathering publicly to stay up all night, of course you are welcome to do so privately. It is the portion where we ...

Join the Adventure Rabbi community in Moab, Utah for a Passover retreat. Friday night we open the retreat with singing on the ...

Plus, Jewish leaders offer other biblical lessons from the Philadelphia Eagles defeat over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Seder of Passover comes this year on Saturday, April 12. To introduce children who have never tasted unleavened bread before, ...

Robin Abrahams, also known as Miss Conduct, recently retired after doing the weekly Globe Magazine column for 20 years.

Spring celebrations marking the end of winter Get ready to celebrate the first day of spring on March 20! Cultures around the ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Let's celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but merely made ourselves more comfortable in its domain.

As is the case with most Jewish holidays, since they don’t fall on the same calendar day each year, you may be wondering when is Passover this year? Well, that really depends on when you’re reading ...

In Hebrew the holiday is Pesach, which means to pass over, "because G‑d passed over the Jewish homes when killing the Egyptian firstborn on the very first Passover eve." The holiday is marked ...