Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill continues his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, focusing on Holy ...

Hèléne Jawhara Piñer is a French-Spanish scholar whose focus is medieval history and the history of food. Her meticulously ...

Passover is a holiday in the Jewish faith celebrating the ancient Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt. For decades, the Jews had been slaves of the Egyptian pharaohs until Moses led them out of ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

The Jewish holiday, which begins at sunset on Saturday, April 12 this year, lasts for seven or eight days each year.

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins on April 12. Here's what to know about it in 2025, and how it will be marked in ...

The Passover seder offers a lesson to America about the importance of sharing and teaching our national story to the next ...

In the Bible, there are many names for God. Some apply to God in general, while others refer to Jesus specifically. Most of these names are expressions of character. They highlight specific aspects of ...

The Haggadah makes clear that the Exodus was not an end in itself, but rather the first step in the return to the Land of Israel, where the Israelites would live as a free people.

Thousands in Brevard's Jewish community receive special distribution of matzah in honor of longtime volunteer Bob Barnes, who ...

It’s March, and Batya Ungar-Sargon is appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher for the third time. She has flown from her ...