From Fear to Freedom |
Refugees Given Center Stage at Passover Seders Across the U.S.
Some communities invite refugees from Syria, Gaza and Yemen to join their Passover meal, while at other seders, the theme is woven in with textual additions and symbolic foods
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
New York
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
New York
NEW YORK – Three refugees, each of whom recently fled persecution in the Middle East and made their way to America, stood at the front of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun’s sanctuary and recounted their journeys from fear to freedom. After each one told his or her story, all harrowing in a different way, the several dozen young adults who had come to attend the Refugee Seder applauded.
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