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