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Article: Kosher for Passover? As more and more Christians hold Seder to get in touch with their Jewish roots, some rabbis see appropriation, not appreciation.
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- April 20, 1998
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As more and more Christians hold Seders to get in touch with their Jewish roots, some rabbis see appropriation, not appreciation.
At a recent seder in the midwood section of Brooklyn, guests recited the four questions in four languages: English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Creole. Held, of all places, at Our Lady of Refuge Elementary School, the Seder was led by Alvin Kass, the rabbi at the East Midwood Jewish Center, and attended by 320 people, only a third of whom were Jewish--the rest, representing the cultural mix of the area, were primarily Caribbean and Latino. The Seder attendees sang out the Passover standard "Day'enu"; they also sang the black spiritual "Go Down ...