There are many Jewish pilgrims in Jerusalem at the moment, gathered here to celebrate Pesach, or Passover, which this year coincides with Easter. With Father David Neuhaus, a reflection on Passover and Easter in the Holy City, two diverse yet similar feasts.
By RENEE GHERT-ZAND, TIMES OF ISRAEL-— Residents of the Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood who have watched nuns in their white habits go in and out of a house at 10 Ein Gedi Street for the past half century will soon notice their absence. Beit Avraham (House of Abraham), as the sisters of the Evangelical Sisterhood of…
By DR. ASHRAF RAMELAH, ISRAEL TODAY— While Jews around the world celebrate Passover, Christians from Egypt visit the Holy Land for their week of Holy Pascha (the Passion of Christ). For this pilgrimage, Egyptian Christians (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) leave Cairo by the thousands on daily flights to Israel. Egypt’s airlines have increased departures to…