The Jewish community celebrates the Passover during the spring season to commemorate their emancipation from Egyptian slavery. Christians celebrate Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the freedom from sin given by Jesus when crucified on the cross and resurrected on the third day.  However, in many cases Easter celebrations occur in between the Passover calendars causing a conflict to the faithful and their families.

The Passover is an eight-day celebration by Jews in the early spring, each year occurring on different dates, in 2014 it was  from April 14th till the 22nd. Celebrated in the Hebrew month of Nissan the Passover festival commemorates the emancipation of Israelites from Egypt where they served as slaves. Moses delivered the Israelites from Egypt leading them to the Promised Land. The Passover festivals celebrate the victory and freedom of the Jews’ ancestors making it a crucial festival to the Jewish population. The Easter Sunday festivals by the Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Good Friday precedes the Easter Sunday and commemorates the death of Jesus on the cross. The Christ’s death paid the penalty for the people’s sin, so that all who believe in Him will enjoy eternal life. The Easter celebration is a key pillar to Christian faith as it symbolizes their freedom from sin and the promise of eternity.

The conflict between the two celebrations is evident; the Christian launches their Easter celebration half way through the Jewish Passover festival. The Jews/Christian interfaith families have to strike a balance between the two seasons that commemorate their history and faith, since both are important to their families and friends. The blood libel season uses the myth accusing the Jews of using the blood of Christian children to bake during the Passover rituals; however, the myth was created as a means to justify the unlawful persecution of Jews. The American society is democratic and respectful to religion; the Jew community in the United States enjoys a unique position facilitated by the economic and military relationship between Israel and the United States.

The resource created by the Interfaith Family, an organization supporting mixed Jewish and Christian families. The survey explores the opinion of Jews to the Passover and Easter festivals during the spring season. The Interfaith Family authors recognize the Jews identity as unique, yet faced with mild challenges in religious obedience and management of their families. Jewish and Christian couples are the main audiences of the Interfaith Family; the resource targets mixed families raising their children in the Jewish way. The purpose of the resource is to understand the challenges that may be faced by interfaith families while raising children in the Jewish way during the spring festivals (Interfaith, 2014).

The study characterizes the relationship between Judaism, Passover, and Easter as conflicting due to the colliding date on the calendar. The Passover rules prohibit eating of certain foods such as baked bread while Easter rules allow for feasting. The resource concentrates on the maintenance of Judaism culture by Jews, with more Jews recognizing the Passover as being more religious compared to the Christian Easter festival. Interfaith relationships face a crisis, particularly in choosing a religion for their children.

The Interfaith resource highlights three main points of the Jewish Identity during the spring season: interfaith relationships, children in interfaith relations and adherence to Passover or Easter celebration rituals. Interfaith relationships are challenged by a conflict of choice when deciding which festival to celebrate in spring. Many family members opt to celebrate the Passover and isolate from Easter celebrations. Interfaith relationships also have conflicting time bringing up their children, mostly opting for Jewish upbringing, Jewish also consider Passover as a holy festival in relation to Christian Easter celebration.

Subjecting the study to statistical and comparative data analyses the resource is rich in concrete data backed by actual figures and percentages. The study uses accurate percentage to demonstrate the conflicting relationship between Passover and Easter festivals. An example in the study highlights that 60% of participants recognize Christian Easter celebration as secular, compared to 4% who see the Jewish Passover festival as secular (Interfaith, 2014).

The data in the second resource was created by the White House media and is read by the President of the United States Barrack Obama. The President and the White House media recognize the Jewish identity as unique and guided by deep religious believes The President holds a Passover Seder to celebrate the Passover together with the Jews. The resource targets the people globally regardless of their religion. The resource shows companionship to the Jewish and other Christians in their Passover/Easter celebrations and shares their culture and experiences.

The resources recognize the close relationship between the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter, the President identifies that the Passover represents the day the Jewish gained

freedom from Egyptian Slavery. While the Christian Easter festival represents the death of Jesus Christ to free all human beings from sin. The resource is similar to other resources in that it recognizes the Judaism and its relation to Passover and Easter.

Three main points are characterized in the resource, the relationship between Jews and the Passover/ Easter celebrations, the need for the world to unite, and the love shown by Jesus Christ when he died to free humans from sin and slavery. In his statement, the President urges the global population to join hands and celebrate with the Jews, and support one another as human beings. Narration  works best on the resource; the President narrates the origin of the Passover and Easter festivals and relates them to the Jewish and Christian faiths (Obama, 2014).