This year,none of the major Muslim holidays are close to Easter or Passover.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

Thousands of Israelis participated in a Passover tradition: the biblical Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Until the early 1990's they only observed the weekly Sabbath and the spring holiday of Passover.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

The narrow cobblestone alleyways of the Old City were packed with Israelis visiting for the week-long Passover holiday and Christian pilgrims who are here for Easter Holy Week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The president's weekly address marks the Jewish holiday of Passover and Christians' celebration of Easter with a call to set aside differences and find strength on common ground.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

Patrick,who is also an activemember of the community. "But at first when they saw us celebrating only Passover and they were saying, 'Oh,this is not a good type of religion for you to belong.' So when we got to know about Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur,Hanukkah, maybe lighting the candles and the Feast of Esther, which is Purim, and the fasting day, we were really happy,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.26