This year, Easter falls on April 5 — but, as those who celebrate the major Christian holiday will know, the day doesn't stay in one place for long. Easter is one of the “moveable feasts,” a holiday that falls on a different calendar date each year. It
Growing up as a Jew in legendary Calumet City, Illinois (or here, here and here) gave me a somewhat different perspective on Christianity and antisemitism than Jews growing up in, say, Skokie or Scarsdale. Cal City was predominately Polish Catholic
The White House's biggest public event began, improbably, with a couple of whiny kids. In the spring of 1878, the story goes, a group of local schoolchildren, indignant that Easter egg hunting had been outlawed on the Capitol lawn, confronted President
Over at Dream a Little Bigger, Allison Murray created a fun tutorial that teaches you how to make easter eggs covered in tiny galaxies and other comsic phenomena using acrylic paints, sponges, and a little ingenuity.
Through centuries and across cultures, the holiday's iconic customs have been built upon with the help of storytelling. And the cotton-tailed creature that leaves us chocolate and eggs has a longer tale. 1. Pagan Beginnings. The story of Easter is as