Faithful celebrating Easter, Passover find connection in stories and traditions

Faithful gather across Inland Empire to celebrate Easter

The faithful gathered at churches, community landmarks and in local parks across the Inland Empire on Easter Sunday, April 20, to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The traditional inter-denominational sunrise services at Mount Rubidoux in Riverside drew a crowd, and local clergy from various churches led hymns at Vine Street Park in Redlands early on Easter morning. Similar celebrations across the Inland Empire marked the day, filled…

Florida Man: Thoughts on Passover

Here’s another confession of sorts. When Florida Man writes about religion in any form, I feel half a hypocrite, maybe three quarters because I’m in deep water and I don’t know how to swim.     Generalities I can handle, specifics, no way. But I’m going ahead anyway because I want to tell you about Saturday morning’s service at Kol Tikvah.      I guess this is not so much about religion but my feelings about Jewish tradition which I know only en…

Jews and Christians are celebrating important festivals this year again at the same time. What connects the respective festivals?

Faithful celebrating Easter, Passover find connection in stories and traditions

With both Easter Sunday and the end of Passover falling on the same day this year, April 20, Jewish and Christian faithful around Southern California and the world are finding creative ways to observe — and celebrate — the holy holidays. Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus after his suffering and death on the cross, is also symbolically connected to the Jewish Passover, which commemorates the Israelites’ liberation from centuries of sl…

Cindy and Marcus are visiting Georgia from Singapore for the first time. They are celebrating Easter with a Georgian family in Kakheti. They say they don't know much about Georgia and hope to learn more about traditions, wine culture and the celebration of Easter in Georgia during their time in the country. "We are from Singapore, my name is Cindy, and this is Marcus. This is our first time in Georgia and we are celebrating Easter with a Georgia…

Easter, the main celebration of the Christian calendar, represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who according to Christian belief came to Earth to save humanity from its sins. Although, in terms of reason, they are totally different, Christian Easter was influenced by Passover (“passage” in Hebrew), a traditional Jewish celebration to celebrate the liberation of the Hebrew people after 400 years of slavery in Egypt. This annual event took p…