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Passover: The festival of freedom and the ambivalence of exile

  • Written by Nancy E. Berg, Professor of Comparative Literature, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageThe Passover Seder – like this one in Azerbaijan – commemorates the story of the Israelites' escape from slavery, and the start of their long sojourn in the desert. Reza/Getty Images

The Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is...

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