A kosher Pessach to all

Above: An Israeli dance company’s interpretation of one of the after-Seder Passover songs, “Echad mi yodea” (who knows one?)

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What am I going out from this year? Hard to say. The news is still so bizarre, and I notice increasingly that I am getting older. On Erev Pessach, the Israeli Army kills at least 15 Palestinian demonstrators. This is the thing I most want liberation from at the moment: history. Which is the one thing no one gets freedom from on Passover. The recital of eternal redemption is just that: eternal.

Nonetheless: Liberation to all who are celebrating the Passover — and to all of us.

[Poor planning, Jewish calendar: I had decided a few days ago to try to do a complete media fast for the first days of the holiday, as I would normally have done a few years ago, without thinking about Richard Armitage at the NIFF. So I have plans now for tomorrow and I won’t be able to pick up the media traces. I’ll be back late Sunday night or Monday.]

~ by Servetus on March 30, 2018.