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As Jews begin their eight-day celebration of Passover tonight (April 3), we visit a seder in Washington, D.C. that brought together African Americans and Jews to share the ritual meal. We spoke with clergy from both communities about the shared values of justice and liberation they find in the Exodus story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The story of the seder, the story of freedom and justice, is a universal story. It\u2019s not too much of an exaggeration to say that just about everything we do stems from this story\u2014this idea that we were slaves, and we were freed, and now it\u2019s our responsibility to work for freedom for people all over the world,” says Rabbi Shira Stutman, director of Jewish programming at Historic Sixth & I Synagogue. 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