How the outdated, nonsensical Passover rules taught me what Judaism is really …

That's confusing to those who usually get their spring breaks bracketed by the holidays of Passover and Easter. After all, they're connected in the Christian story — it was Passover that Jesus was celebrating when he had his last supper with his

Rabbi Zvi Drizin (left) recites a prayer relinquishing ownership of leavened items or “chametz” during the Intown Chabad's Burning Bread Festival at Lee Harvey's in Dallas. In Jewish tradition, all “chametz,” which is leavened products from wheat

Coachella's second weekend (April 22-24) for many Jewish people presents something of a dilemma: either draw your Bubby's ire by blowing off her Passover Seder and matzah ball soup or drown your FOMO in bitter herbs and gelatinous gefilte fish while 

This year JFS, in conjunction with Project Hope B'nai Brith, already distributed 125 baskets of Kosher for Passover food to deserving people in the Greater Bridgeport area. These baskets included matzah, gefilte fish, borscht, canned vegetables, sweets

That's confusing to those who usually get their spring breaks bracketed by the holidays of Passover and Easter. After all, they're connected in the Christian story — it was Passover that Jesus was celebrating when he had his last supper with his