Easter and Passover arrive in spring like the California poppy, lupin and other wildflowers blooming across the state right now. Easter is the Christian holiday celebrating the belief in the ...

You know it must be Good Friday when the photos emerge from the Philippines of devotees submitting themselves to modern-day crucifixions. Catholic officials, as in years past, discourage the practice ...

The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla. How to Write a New Yorker Cartoon Caption: Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Zach Woods, and Zoe Chao Edition The “Downhill” ...

A video of Chasidic rabbis being interviewed by a Muppet is just one of the many Passover guides available on the Web this season. While many Jewish organizations offer at least a written explanation ...

It is disturbing that as 2011’s Festival of Freedom began, a Passover cartoon in the Forward by Eli Valley slammed StandWithUs and Israel (“The Four Sons,” April 22). Drawing on the four sons of the ...

Gov. Rick Scott recently signed a bill limiting pain medication to a supply ranging from only 3 days to 7 days. Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran joined Scott at the ceremony. Corcoran admitted ...

Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while looking ahead toward better ones to come. The first two nights ...

Easter and Passover arrive in spring like the California poppy, lupin and other wildflowers blooming across the state right now. Easter is the Christian holiday celebrating the belief in the ...