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| With escalating bloodshed in the Middle East, the joy of this year’s Passover will be considerably dimmed |
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| March 26 — The Passover seder meal traditionally ends with the words, “Next year in Jerusalem!” The words are a summation of Jewish connection to an ancestral homeland. But after almost 19 months of Israeli-Palestinian violence, a postscript might well be added: How much more will Jerusalem bleed in the year ahead? |