Jerusalem was on edge Monday morning as a prayer ceremony went ahead at the Western Wall for the Passover holiday, with authorities still facing the ongoing threat of Palestinian violence around the ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Western Wall for the traditional Priestly Blessing. The worshippers – estimated by the office of the rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites in Israel at ...

Prayer notes calling for peace have been sent from Arab countries to the holy site in Jerusalem, and some even from Iran.

MOBILE, Ala. -- This Monday evening, March 29, Jews begin the celebration of Passover. The eight-day observance begins with the ritual meal, the Seder, in which families gather to read aloud the ...

Passover, one of the holy weeks in the Jewish faith, started at the beginning of the month, and the final holy days are here, ...

Every year, as Passover and Easter approach, it's my custom and honor and joy to wish Passover and Easter blessings to all my Jewish and Christian readers. This year, I'm including three very ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Passover holiday marks the annual celebration and recounting of the story of the Exodus, the Israelites' liberation from ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jews around the world will begin celebrating the springtime, week-long festival of Passover this ...

Marilyn Salasky Siegel discovered the photo about a dozen years ago in a book about Norfolk’s Jewish life. The black-and-white shows a 1911 Passover Seder meal among brothers and sisters, Siegels, ...

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