(RNS) — Passion plays originated in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe as a way to celebrate and teach the story of the last days of Jesus’ life and from the beginning embodied the anti-Judaism ...

(RNS) — For the past three decades, the most heinous anti-Jewish excesses of the world's most famous Passion play have been slowly eliminated, but more work needs to be done. (RNS) — The Oberammergau ...

Actor Frederik Mayet portrays Christ at the 2010 Passion Play Theater in Oberammergau, Germany. Mayet has been chosen as one of two actors to portray Jesus this year. The 2022 performance runs May ...

A small German town has been performing a Passion Play every decade since the 17th century. Oberammergau, with its 5,000 inhabitants, began performances after being hit by the bubonic plague in 1633, ...

World-famous Oberammergau Passion Play prepares for post-pandemic return. Bavarians rushed to get their hair cut last week as Germany eased some of its toughest coronavirus restrictions and opened ...

Tauck is offering several itineraries centered around the 2022 return of the Oberammergau Passion Play. Photo Credit: Tauck Tauck is offering a number of land and river cruise options centered around ...

This summer, a small Bavarian town’s life is consumed by community theater. It’s time again for the Oberammergau Passion Play, produced once a decade since the 17th century. The current production, a ...