I wish I could be simply consumed with the glories of spring this year, her
sensual explosions of color and fragrance. Normal Passover preparations,
laborious as they are, would be a lighthearted relief. But my spring
attention is diverted this year, even eclipsed by the news. How to
encompass the scale of violence that is ongoing in the Middle East? Across
the world, this is a precipitous time. For Jews this Passover season, how
can we hold Seder as usual?
