Overview
- Passover, which begins Wednesday, April 1, runs through Thursday, April 9, with Israel observing seven days.
- The first two nights feature a Seder, a home ritual that follows the Haggadah and tells the Exodus story.
- A Morgan Hill Times op-ed reports a March surge in assaults and attacks targeting Jews in San Jose, the Detroit area, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Toronto.
- Synagogues and Jewish schools now rely on armed guards, according to that op-ed, as communities prepare for holiday gatherings.
- Rabbinic voices quoted in the coverage reject claims that victims were targeted only as “Zionists” and call on Jews to meet the moment with strength and pride.