Coming Together

orating way to keep our eyes on
the prize of the eradication of
racism and anti-Semitism." Mr.
Sahn is president of the Michigan
ADL board. "Seder means 'order,'
and our coming together helps us
to bring abetter sense of order to
our relationship."
Pastor Jordan agrees that "by
getting together with our Jewish
brothers and sisters to celebrate
their holiday of freedom, we all get
new insights, and new partners,
in the struggle for a just society."
Says Ms. Rosen, "We are two
significant communities within
the Detroit metropolitan area, and
I think anything that can be done
to promote unity among people is
a positive. When we can work to-
gether, it's a means of learning
about each other, respecting each
other, recognizing we all have
common goals in terms of im-
proving our life."

The Passover theme of freedom brings
blacks and Jews together.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER

ombining common histories
of oppression with common
goals for the future, African
C Americans and Jews will
come together on Thursday, April
10, for the eighth annual Anti-
Defamation League black-Jewish
seder.
Co-chair Judi Rosen is expect-
ing more than 300 people for the
event, which will be held at Tem-
ple Shir Shalom in West Bloom-
field. Shir Shalom Rabbis Dannel
Schwartz and Michael Moskowitz,
as well as Pastor Larry T. Jordan
and Rev. Carl Graham of the
Family Victory Fellowship
Church in Southfield, will partic-
ipate.
The ADL in New York started
a black-Jewish dialogue group,
which spawned the seder idea.
`The seder talks about the escape

from slavery," says Ms. Rosen.
"Perhaps, in different ways, the
two groups share this common
bond. The [black-Jewish] seder
was begun as another means to
bridge the gap between the com-
munities, and it's a way to come
together in our similarities and
still recognize our uniqueness."
The seder will blend the tradi-
tional with the contemporary, says
Ms. Rosen. The special Haggadah
for the event mixes the Four Ques-
tions, prayers and seder plate of
a traditional Passover seder with
"relevant passages from the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Arch-
bishop Desmond Tutu, Anne
Frank and Peter Fischl [a 15-year-
old Holocaust victim]," she says.
Says Leonard Sahn, "With so
many things dividing us, this
event is a meaningful and invig-

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