Shuvu: Self Reflection on the Holiday of the Birth of our Nation: Prompts for Conversation at the Pesach Seder One of the prompts I always give my students in our advisory sessions, is “concerned/not concerned.” We go around and gauge ourselves about the things that are both worrisome and things that are not. This year, as a Jew I am feeling blessed. I am not sure if anyone had told us that this Pesach that there would be no Gaza war and no hostages left in Gaza, we would have believed it. This is a true peleh and nes, a true wonder and miracle. It is something that when I pause to think about, I am almost in tears. And, at the same time, needless to say, there is much to be concerned about. Our brothers and sisters in Israel are under fire, our young people are on the front lines of the IDF fighting and anti semitism continues to rise. Here on the home front, political divisiveness, economic challenge and war cloud our every day. So, heading into Pesach this yea...
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