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White House focuses on Ukraine war, anti-Semitism in virtual seder

Dmitriy ShapiroApril 15, 2022

White House Jewish Liaison Chanan Weissman served as master of ceremonies and led a type of order modeled on the seder, featuring Jewish administration officials, leaders and celebrities.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaking at the White House virtual Passover seder. Source: Screenshot.

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Journeying back to where it all started: Revisiting the Egyptian Exodus

Deborah FineblumApril 11, 2022

“The Torah takes the rhetorical thunder of our oppressors and throws it back in their faces to tell God’s own truth,” says Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman.

Rabbi Berman teaching at Abu Simbel. Photo by Sandor Joffe.

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Erdan leads mock Passover seder for UN ambassadors, invokes Ukrainian freedom

April 6, 2022

“Friends, fellow ambassadors … the question we must all ask ourselves is: Are we doing enough? We must ask this every day till the bloodshed stops,” said Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosted a mock Passover seder at the United Nations on April 6, 2022. Photo by Shahar Azran.

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Israeli event at United Nations commemorates victims of slavery

Mike WagenheimApril 1, 2022

A film recounting a tale of African bondage and freedom, told through modern-day social media, becomes the focal point for a U.N.-sponsored event to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

To mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on March 25, the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations initiated a special event on Tuesday that featured excerpts from the Israeli film “Equiano.Stories.” Source: Screenshot.

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