Happy Passover from Palestine
Many are on your side, showing you the way out.
In 2022, Jews in Israel and around the world will celebrate Passover beginning on April 16. Passover is the seven-day holiday of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, commemorating the ancient Hebrews’ escape from enslavement in Egypt. Ancient Hebrews may have set themselves free, but modern-day Hebrews remain enslaved like no other — shackled to military occupation, to a society built on militarism, hate, denial, and above all, a deep sense of superiority that is witnessed as racism in its rawest form.
I extend my hand to help this damaged community free itself once and for all.
As I’m learning, the Passover holiday begins with the Seder, a traditional ceremonial meal. Its centerpiece is a special Seder plate containing six symbolic foods, each having a particular significance in the retelling of the story of the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt. The stack of three matzos, or unleavened bread, a kind of cracker made of plain white flour and water, has its separate plate on the Seder table.
For each of the six traditional items on the Seder plate — listed here by its Hebrew name — I note its traditional symbolic role and offer an additional, alternative interpretation. I hope my alternative can help Jews around the world, and especially in Israel…
