Easter

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/15/19
  

  Why Good Friday was dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that changed

  by Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski

  Medieval Christians received the message on Good Friday that the Jews who lived in their midst were the enemies of Christians who killed their savior and needed to either convert to Christianity or face divine punishment.

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• 3/25/18
  

  The Real Story of Pontius Pilate? It’s Complicated.

  by Mark D. Smith

  Common interpretations of Jewish and Christian sources have oversimplified the story, creating more confusion than clarity.

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• 3-18-16
  

  Are the Stories in the Bible About the Last Days and Hours of Jesus True?

  by Bart D. Ehrman

  What science suggests is that they’re probably distorted. But does it matter?

• SOURCE: Special to HNN
  3-29-13
  

  William Lambers: Remember the Hungry This Easter

  William Lambers partnered with the UN World Food Programme on the book Ending World Hunger. He is a member of the Feeding America Blogger Council.A survey by the National Retail Federation says Americans will spend about 17.2 billion dollars on Easter this year.Imagine if that spending could be changed, just even a little bit. If one billion of that amount went to global hunger relief it could fund humanitarian emergencies in war devastated Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Mali and other countries.At the time of Easter 1946 Americans cut back on festivities in order to help those suffering in countries leveled by World War II. While the hard fought war had been won, the peace had not. Hunger was enemy that remained. The U.S. Army in Austria, for instance, was helping provide school meals to hungry children.Americans listened to the plea of President Harry Truman around Easter when he warned, "we cannot ignore the cry of hungry children. Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread. The warm heart of America will respond to the greatest threat of mass starvation in the history of mankind."

• SOURCE: CNN
  03-29-13
  

  Easter by the numbers

  Christians will mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter by donning their Sunday best, attending church and going on egg hunts. But what's the history of the holiday? And how much will we actually spend on those yummy chocolate rabbits? Read some fast facts about Easter below.77 -- Percent of Americans who identify themselves as Christian, as of December 2012....