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Table of Contents
From our Partners
Message from JCC Harlem 1
By Meg Sullivan, Director
Message from Based in Harlem 4
By Erica Frankel, Co-Founder
Message from PJ Library in New York 6
By Alison Goldberg, Engagement Officer
From our Team
Editor’s Forward 7
By Kyle Savitch
Reflections on Pesach Preparations
A Spiritual Bedikat Chametz 9
By Jonathan Zuckerman
Insights into the Biblical Narrative
Hand Raised High 11
By Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
G-d in the Darkest Places 13
By Gloria Milagros Plaks
The Heroines of Exodus 15
By Leah Gottfried
This Year: Still in Egypt, Awaiting Redemption 16
By Judah Isseroff
The Call for Freedom
Fallacies of Freedom 19
By Danna Creager
Finding Freedom During a Pandemic 21
By Elisheva Spellman
What Can We Celebrate at Passover? 23
By Sarah Tenenbaum
