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Ahead of Passover, Israelis seeking to leave cut a reverse-Exodus path through Egypt

For him, and countless others, the road to marking the Israelites’ escape from Egypt millennia ago would run through Egypt ...

Reverse exodus: How war turned Taba into Israelis’ escape route

Amid war with Iran, thousands of Israelis and tourists leave Israel through Taba in a modern-day reverse Exodus. *Exodus 10:1 ...

Passover commemorates national Jewish identity, recounts Exodus from Egypt

At sundown April 1, Jews around the world celebrate the first night of Passover, among the most important of Jewish holidays.

When is Passover? What to know ahead of the major Jewish holiday

In Israel, the holiday ends on April 8. Each year, the holiday falls on different dates due to Jewish tradition abiding by a lunar calendar. The holiday is almost always entirely in April, although ...
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For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth

Alon Gildoni and Ron Milo turned a Passover question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world ...

Netanyahu casts Iran war as modern Exodus in Passover address

In a Passover eve address steeped in biblical imagery, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday framed Israel’s ...