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"“Oftentimes I’ll refer to myself as a deeply flawed holy man wannabe,” David told me over Zoom from his house in Bloomington, Indiana. “But I always had this spiritual pull.”

He reconnected with Judaism as an adult. With his art, he hopes others do the same. Bruce David has spent his career showcasing Judaism’s beauty.

This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all ‘Remnants’ tells the story of the 23 Jews who fled Brazil and established Shearith Israel in New York

Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah (“Day of (Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism”) begins at sundown, on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan. The date was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Yom HaShoah reminds us of the horrors that Jews and other persecuted groups faced: forced labor, starvation, humiliation, and torture, which often resulted in death. It was a systematic effort to wipe out an entire population from the face of the earth.

(Shoah, which means “catastrophe” or “utter destruction” in Hebrew, refers to the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people during World War II. This is a memorial day for those who died in the Shoah. The Shoah is also known as the Holocaust, from a Greek word meaning "sacrifice by fire.")

It is a reminder, not only of sacred lives lidt, but also of heroism in the face of inhumanity.

A definitive guide to every Pesach TV episode you can stream right now.

The 24 Best Passover Episodes on TV Editor's note: This article was updated on April 18, 2024 to include even more Passover TV. Enjoy. Dear reader, I know what you're thinking: the Passover holiday doesn't always have the glitz and glam of Hanukkah or a bar/bat mitzvah. But that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy when Pesach and sed

"From India’s animal blood on doorposts to Ethiopia’s all-chickpea pre-Seder diets, the Jewish diaspora has developed distinctive traditions that endure."

Scallion fights, soft matzo and other Passover traditions live on around the world From India’s animal blood on doorposts to Ethiopia’s all-chickpea pre-Seder diets, the Jewish diaspora has developed distinctive traditions that endure.