The Ma Nishtanah page from the Sarajevo Haggadah (source: Talmud.de)
To all my Jewish readers I wish a zis’n Peysach (” a sweet Passover”). I hope you enjoyed wonderful seders tonight and the same for tomorrow for those of you who do second seders.
Today, April 20th at 7PM Pacific time, KBCS will rebroadcast a one [...]
Brad Burston has written yet another lucid, compelling and compassionate essay in Haaretz on the common threads in the Israeli and Palestinian collective psyche. If only both sides could retain in their minds their shared values and experiences, then solving this bone-crushing conflict might actually be possible. His piece was written for Passover, [...]
Read full post...A struggle rages in Congress between a bi-partisan group of moderates and liberals seeking a fair-minded, compassionate set of immigrations reforms and the hardline Republican right which seeks a punitive immigration bill. Thankfully, the immigrant communities of this nation are rising up against the latter and saying “Enough!” Enough racism, enough Know-Nothingism, enough [...]
Read full post...Hebrew slaves building the pyramids (source: Chandlerschool.org)
With demonstrations today in New York, Seattle (where I live) and elsewhere of hundreds of thousands (see NY Times coverage) demanding a fair and equitable immigration reform bill from Congress, I took to thinking about Passover and the Exodus. Why? You’ll recall that Deuteronomy 10:19 says: [...]
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