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easter
Did Ivanka Trump skip Easter at the White House because she’s Jewish?
Santa, the Easter bunny and raising a Jewish child
Last spring, I found myself averting my eyes when my 4-year-old mentioned something about the Easter bunny in front of my dad.
Pope Francis, Rome chief rabbi exchange holiday greetings
Pope Francis and Rome’s Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni exchanged greetings to mark Passover and Easter.
Judge denies Easter Mass for Jewish girl
A court in Chicago has ruled that a father may not take his Jewish daughter to Catholic Mass on Easter.\n\nJoseph Reyes grabbed headlines when he took his daughter to church and had her baptized despite a temporary restraining order filed by his estranged wife that bars him from exposing their daughter to anything but the Jewish faith.
Artists Converge After ‘The Passion’
Christian children wearing their Sunday best for last week\’s Easter services understandably could forget, amidst their Easter egg hunts, that the Last Supper of Jesus was a Passover seder.
But in this season of Easter and Passover, connections between the holidays has inspired an art exhibit showcasing Christian and Jewish artists motivated by religious themes. The exhibit is housed in downtown Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Its aspirations and the artworks themselves are impressive, though the effort has suffered from uneven presentation of the artwork.
The \”Passion/Passover\” exhibit could be viewed as a positive response to Jewish-Catholic tensions surrounding last year\’s \”The Passion of the Christ\” by filmmaker Mel Gibson. His film was praised by Catholic church officials, though many Jewish leaders said the film unreasonably cast Jews as villains.
Passover vs. Easter
If you want proof that the communion wafer is just a matzo knockoff, or if you wonder where eggs really belong (seder plate? White House lawn? Omelette?), check out \”The Jews vs. Christians\” on April 3 at bang. Improv Studio on Fairfax Avenue.