THIS PASSOVER, BRING JUSTICE
TO YOUR SEDER TABLE
with American Jewish World Service
Exodus 2018: The Rohingya Crisis
A Seder Reflection
While we recount the story of our exodus from Egypt, the Rohingya people of Burma (Myanmar)
are moving through the wilderness in search of their own freedom today. Due to a brutal
campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Burmese military, they have been persecuted
and extinguished en masse. More than 688,000 survivors have fled into Bangladesh on
a weeks-long journey, carrying nothing but their children and a few belongings.
Their story echoes our own:
We were enslaved
They were interned in camps
Our babies were drowned
Theirs burned in pyres
We died by lash
They by gun and torch and knife
We crossed the sea to freedom
They walk for many days and ford a river in search of refuge
We were sustained by manna from heaven
They need humanitarian aid to survive
Our shared history demands that we act. We must respond with an open hand and an outstretched arm.
As survivors of persecution, annihilation and exodus ourselves, it’s our turn to call out
for others, imploring, demanding: Freedom.
Detroit, please join AJWS’s campaign to learn more and respond to the Rohingya crisis.
WWW.AJWS.ORG/ROHINGYA
For more information, contact Brad Sugar, AJWS Midwest Executive Director, at 312.579.3630.
American Jewish World Service
4700 N. RAVENSWOOD AVENUE, SUITE B
CHICAGO, IL 60640 y 312.579.3630 y WWW.AJWS.ORG