PHOTOS BY BILL HAN SEN

An Early Passover

About - 250 Christians experience a model seder at
Temple Emanu-El.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

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n a three-fold increase in the number of par-
ticipants over last year's event, about 250
Christian educators, clergy and their con-
gregants filled Temple Emanu-El's social hall
Thursday, March 13, to experience a model
Passover seder.
Led by Rabbis Bradley Bleefeld of Temple
Emanu-El and Marla Feldman of the Jewish
Community Council, the two-hour event also
covered a brief history of the Jewish people and
the significance of celebrating the seder. The
Council and the temple co-sponsored the event.
"I can do [the Passover seder] because my
mother and my father did this, my grand-
mothers and grandfathers did this, my great-
grandmothers and great-grandfathers did
virtually the same thing," Rabbi Bleefeld said.
Participants came from suburban and city
churches, hearing about the event through a
mass mailing to about 2,000 Christian church-
es and organizations. It was the 14th year the
seder was held.
Although many had never been to a seder be-
fore, this was not the first time for some.
The Rev. Bob Selberg of First United
Methodist Church in Dearborn came for the
third time, bringing with him a contingent of

Left:
Rabbi Bradley Bleefeld
welcomes 250 to a
model seder.

congregational leaders. Last
year, more than 150 of his
congregants attended the
Dearborn church's first
seder, which was held on the
Thursday before Easter.
"We want to improve
what we did last year, see if
we missed anything because
we are going to do it again this year," the Rev.
Selberg said.
About 30 members of Tabernacle Missionary
Baptist Church in Detroit attended the seder
to have a greater understanding of the obser-
vance of Passover.
Goodman Johnson, a member of the Detroit
church, said he learned much from his first seder
experience.
"It was very interesting," he said. "I feel it has
a great message to it, that you can come from
slavery to freedom."
Hattie Miller-Riley, also from the Baptist
church, said she at first had doubts about at-
tending the Thursday night event.
"I wasn't going to come tonight, but I am glad
I did," she said. "I got a lot out of it." ❑

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