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For a Jewish woman who once had found moving from Rochester, N.Y., to Highland Park, Ill., an adven- ture, the move 20 years after that from Farmington Hills, Mich., was exciting, anxious, frightening and awesome. Leaving our four children scattered throughout the United States at various universities and in the Navy was the hardest part. Deciding what to include in our allotted 200-pound ship- ment also was difficult. In- cluded were the Sabbath candlesticks, Chanukah menorah, Kiddush cup, and Passover seder plate as well as several Haggadot. What optimism! Indonesia does not sanction Judaism and we left the States believ- ing there would be no other Jews in Indonesia. Not long after arriving, I met a woman who would become a very close friend. She was a native of Brooklyn and Jewish. What a kinship! Barbara told me about her Passover seder the year before with 28 people. I was thrilled and offered to host Passover 1988, even thous we were still living in a hotel. Seder for me has been very special. Since leaving Rochester, we had always had one in our home, shared with people who, like ourselves, were without family nearby. Passover, 1987, had been very special since all our children had surprised us and had come home for it. Little did we know that a year later we would be separated by 12,000 miles. Comfortable in our Jakarta home, we went ahead with our plans to host a seder only to find out it was spring vaca- tion at Jakarta International School and "everyone" would be on vacation. We would on- ly have eight for seder. Then the phone began ringing. "Hellow, I'm . . . and I unders- tand you are having a seder. Is there room for me and my family? I have a friend who is also Jewish. May he come, too?" And so it went. Calls came from miles away. The most- asked question was if a non- Jewish spouse/girl friend/boy friend could come. I think that Milt and I were the only both-Jewish couple. Seder was incredible! We had 50 people at a sit-down dinner with rented tables, dishes, wineglasses and tablecloths. We had Haggadot printed for everyone. Those present included were: the American ambassador and his family and other embassy personnel; the director of U.S.A.I.D. and his family; the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in In- donesia; and representatives of the Asian Wall Street Jour- nal, Ford Foundation, shrimp growing industries and oil companies, plus graduate students from all over the United States. Guests we re from Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, India, Panama, England, Europe, Australia and In- The most-asked question was if a non-Jewish spouse or friend could come. donesia. We had Catholics, Protestants and Muslims. For many Jews, it was the first seder in many years. The 15 children were from several months to 15 years old. Some were preparing for bar/bat mitzvot from tapes provided by rabbis in the States or Singapore. Others knew very little about Jewish holidays, but came fully aware of seder, the reason for Passover, the meaning of the symbols, the Four Questions — well prepped by parents. The food was equally amaz- ing. The Panamanian Catholic prepared gefilte fish for everyone. One-hundred matzoh balls, prepared from matzoh meal sent to a son from a concerned Jewish Mother, was served with the traditional chicken soup. We had beef brisket and roast chicken, sweet potato and car- rot tsimmes, patota kugel and charoses and Mogen David wine. Of course, the Passover plate was complete and everyone had horseradish and salt water and matzah from Australia and the States. The only thing lacking was baked goods, but several Indonesian wives provided platters of fresh fruit. The atmosphere as we went around the room was over- whelming. Everyone par- ticipated in the reading of the Haggadah, with accents rang- ing from Brooklynese to Tex- an, Virginian to Midwestern,