Whatever you do, Jews, don’t let them see this.
Besides the traditional bitter herbs and sweet wine, a Passover seder on Thursday will include unexpected treats: collard greens and sweet potato pie.
The idea is to recall the shared struggles of Jews and African-Americans, said seder organizer Eunice Baros.
The dinner, to take place at the Marriott City Place, includes a special Haggadah, or Passover story, that includes poetry by Maya Angelou and reminds participants, “Let us recall the struggles of all people in every generation, in every part of the world.”
Passover commemorates the exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. The connection with the history of blacks was obvious to the organizers, including LaRoi Wright, an artist and drummer and one of the seder organizers.
Wright hopes his son can have a “bro mitzvah,” a hybrid coming-of-age rite for young black men, based on the Jewish bar mitzvah.
Wright is providing a video called Freedom, which shows a black man in chains but represents “freedom for all people,” he said.
Freedom will be aired during the seder and Wright will perform on the drums.
Seder caters to blacks, Jews with collard greens, sans ham
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