Faithful celebrating Easter, Passover find connection in stories and traditions

With both Easter Sunday and the end of Passover falling on the same day this year, April 20, Jewish and Christian faithful around Southern California and the world are finding creative ways to observe — and celebrate — the holy holidays.
Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus after his suffering and death on the cross, is also symbolically connected to the Jewish Passover, which commemorates the Israelites’ liberation from centuries of slavery in Egypt. Though both relig