What It Takes to Go From Slavery to Freedom
(Baking matzah in hiding. Lodz, Poland, 1943. Yad Vashem Photo Archives.)
Yeonmi Park's escape from North Korea is a reminder of Passover's true meaning. I spoke to her about the price of liberation.
Tomorrow night, as the sun sets, Jews around the world gather for the Passover seder, by far the most observed of all Jewish holidays. Millions of us will sit together and tell the story of our ancestors’ Exodus from Egypt. I’ll be among them, hosting a seder of strays in our backyard in Los Angeles.
If all goes according to plan, we won’t just read rete…
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