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Conversation Starters for Passover and Easter

By Molly Kazin Marshall

How do we effectively communicate about the holidays of Passover and Easter as interfaith couples? Read on...

Easter, Marriage Tips, Newlywed, Passover, Relationship Challenges, Relationships

Jewish Grandparents: Here’s How to Talk About Passover and Easter with Your Interfaith Family

By Rabbi Elyssa Cherney

Not sure how to talk to your adult child about their observance of Passover and Easter, and how you can connect...

Easter, Grandparent Advice, Grandparents, Passover

Celebrating Easter and Passover in Interfaith Relationships

By 18Doors

Individuals in interfaith relationships often find that their religion takes on more meaning when they describe...

Easter, Passover

Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite

By Sarah Rizzo

The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....

Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover

Table full of food and easter eggings with hands taking bread

Our Nonexistent Springtime Dilemma

By Emily Mace

My daughter shows off her Easter egg hunt success Easter and Passover, in my experience, don’t create the same...

Easter, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover

Easter eggs chocolate and flowers on a table

My Eastover Basket

By Laurel Snyder

As a kid, I loved Passover and Easter. Passover meant a big seder, with my grandfather chanting at the end of...

Easter, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals

Choosing to Celebrate Love on Easter Sunday

By Jessie Boatright

Ruthie’s Purim grogger nestling in with her Easter eggs When we were studying Judaism together as a young...

Easter, Relationships

Passover & Easter Coexist in Southern Dry-Rub Brisket

By Sarah Ruderman Wilensky

There can certainly be challenges when melding two faith traditions, and at no time of year does that seem more...

Easter, Jewish Holidays Food, Main Dish, Passover Food, Recipes

Is there a connection between Easter eggs and the afikomen?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

When I was little, my mom made a huge deal of the Passover afikomen hunt. The prize for finding the broken pieces...

Easter, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

A Keefe Easter

By Anne Goodman

I think the Passover/Easter combination is more difficult than Hanukkah/Christmas. This is because Easter most...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Easter, Extended Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Resolving Conflicts Of Easter and Passover

By Sunie Levin

Every year, the Easter/Passover dilemma surfaces in interfaith families. This year, the first seder for Passover...

Easter, Extended Family, Family, Grandparenting, Passover

A new identity, or, what is in a name, a Seder and an Easter egg?

By Mia Howard Tavan

Hi friends, Mia here…Ethan is at a meeting and our cat Daisy is curled up next to me. This rare quiet...

Easter, Identity, Passover, Relationships, Seder, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Passover and Good Friday: Lessons Learned During the Two Holidays

By Dr. June Andrews Horowitz

The Holiday Dinner Jeff and Jenny planned to spend Passover with Jeff’s Jewish parents, not realizing...

Easter, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Seder

Why We Chose to Celebrate Passover and Give Up Easter

By Nancy Laufer

361 My oldest two children are old enough to remember Easter candy lovingly deposited by the Easter bunny...

Easter, Passover

Understanding Passover for Christians

By Nicole Wasilus

“In each and every generation we are obligated to see ourselves as if we personally left Egypt.”...

Easter, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

Easter Seders and Passover Bunnies

By Jeri Zeder

What do you do when your mother-in-law sends chocolate Easter bunnies to your Jewish children? When she brings...

Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover

Eggs and Plagues: Handling Easter and Passover in Our Interfaith Family

By Jim Keen

Spring in Michigan is always a welcomed event. Just ask anyone who has ever spent a winter here. So when the...

Easter, Extended Family, Family, Passover

Happily Acknowledging Both Easter and Passover, in Our Own Special Way

By Marlena Thompson

Spring is definitely in the air. Unprompted by nothing other than a powerful urge to “renew and refresh,”...

Easter, Passover

Ay Vey! A Kosher-for-Passover Easter … with Recipes

By Teresita Levy

In my Catholic home in Puerto Rico, the smell of a roasting ham in the oven meant only one thing: Easter! Add...

Easter, Passover

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