A big thank you to all those who have contributed articles, pictures and their time to bring about this magazine. Lastly Julian and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and healthy and kosher Pesach.
Letter from the Editor Jane Liddell-King Dear All, Firstly, a huge thank you both to contributors and technical experts without whom this magazine would not have appeared. Fire, flood, locusts, and now a deadly virus leave me with much to say but with too few words immediately in mind. And so, here is Louis Jacobs, contemplating Pesach in “The Book of Jewish Belief”, he observes: “The details of the Seder and the reading of the Haggadah are wellknown. What should be noted is the astonishing way in which great concepts are expressed, not by spectacular staging (after all, one could have had a huge dramatic presentation of the Exodus) but by small things such as the eating of the bitter herbs, the telling of the simple stories, the drinking of the four cups of wine, the opening of the door to show that we are unafraid. The truth is that little things can make the deepest impression because the big things are so external, so noisy, and so obvious that they remain surface experiences.” At a time when many of us will know those about to go into isolation perhaps for months, this reminder of the great difference made by the least gesture, the briefest exchange of words, cannot be more timely. Above all, as we relive the Exodus, revisit our Jewish identity, let us show that we are unafraid while acknowledging the needs of those who surely are. פסח שמח
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