Jews and Christians celebrate religous holidays

Thursday, April 9, 2009

The Jewish community celebrated the beginning of passover last night at the first Seder meal. In celebration of Passover, many Jewish students go to the Chabad House to hear the exodus story in the Hebrew bible.

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Jewish and Christian residents are in the midst of religious holiday celebrations this week.

For the Christian community tomorrow begins the holiday Good Friday. The mournful holiday is a remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ nearly 2,000 years ago.

Passover will continue through the next week and the Christin holly week will end this Sunday with the celebration of Easter.

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Details of the Passover celebration

Learn the significance of the holiday and its traditions.

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Seder celebrated by students

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Jews celebrate rare holiday

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Chabad Jewish Center celebrates Hanukkah

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Chabad student center expands celebration

Sukkot, a Jewish holiday, celebrates Jewish history and the outdoors.

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Home for Purim

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Students stay in town for Jewish holiday

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Religious celebration attendance continues to expand

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Chabad Center celebrates Hanukkah

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Students celebrate holiday season with “Chanukah Bowl”

The eight-day Jewish celebration, Hannukah, officially begins at sunset today.

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Chabad Jewish Center to host Jewish new ...

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Center for Community Outreach plans holiday party ...

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Chabad hosts Jewish holiday festivities

Purim events will include traditional readings and a circus-themed dinner celebration.

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Religious communities provide support system for students

The St. Lawrence Center, Chabad Center, Grace Collegiate Ministries and the Islamic ...

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Week’s events give insight to Israel

Hatikvah, a Jewish student organization, is celebrating two holidays Israeli this week ...

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Jewish students celebrate Rosh Hashanah

Chabad helped students create their own shofars, or horns, Tuesday for the ...

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‘Jewish Jordan’ talks faith, basketball

Jewish Division 1 player who never played on holy days speaks tonight ...

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Ringing in the New Year

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Hillel celebrates Shabbat with food drive

A canned goods drive joins Hillel’s annual Shabbat festivities this year.

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Restaurants shouldn't close for Christian holidays.

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"Day of the Dead" is more than ...

Students and faculty participated in events on campus in honor of the ...

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Chabad Comes to KU

Jewish students, or people wanting to learn more about Judaism now have ...

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Wiccan, not wicked

These witches don't ride on broomsticks or conjure potions

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Tefillin, an important ritual for Jewish men

A boy practicing tefillin alarmed airplane passengers and resulted in an early ...

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Lesser-known holidays go deeper than Halloween

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Community members mourn the deaths of Mumbai ...

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Halloween: a changing tradition

Some students oppose the holiday while others celebrate socially.

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Wiccan group celebrates holiday, remembers the dead

Wiccans celebrate Samhain, one of eight Wiccan religious holidays, around Halloween. The ...

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Latino groups celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Campus organizations teach local children about the Mexican holiday through dance lessons ...

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Love and Soccer

The beautiful game breeds a beautiful relationship

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Witches and Rituals and Spells Oh My!

A small group of witches and pagans sit on the floor around ...

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Ash Wednesday Services

Ash Wednesday service locations in Lawrence and nearby for students who celebrate ...

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Union to hold Chinese New Year events

This Sunday, the CFFSA will celebrate the 'year of the ox' to ...

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Brown: The gift of giving

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Chinese New Year celebrations help students feel ...

Many Chinese students are looking forward to celebrating the 15-day holiday.

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