Known as "Pesach" in Hebrew, Passover commemorates pivotal events in the Book of Exodus. Jews celebrate the freeing of Israelite slaves from Egypt and Moses guiding them to the Promised Land. The eight-day event often coincides with Easter week but alternates yearly based on the lunar cycle and starts the night of a full moon.

Saturday night marks the start of the Passover holiday, which is celebrated over eight days. Tens of thousands of Colorado families will remember the story of the Jews' Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Preschoolers at the JCC Denver danced and sang on Friday as they were treated to a play telling the story of the Exodus.

Passover celebrations this year will again occur amid anxieties and divisions among many Jews related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and the specter of widespread antisemitism.