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March 29, 2023

Censoring Jerusalem at American Seders

Next year in Charleston!

In its opening section, the Passover Haggadah contains the words, “this year we are here; next year may we be in Jerusalem.” More famously, it ends—as does the Yom Kippur liturgy—with the exultant “Next year in Jerusalem!” Jonathan Sarna relates why and how many 19th-century American versions of the text omitted this coda:

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March 29, 2023

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    Despite negotiations, Iranian proxies fight on.

  2. Why Ukraine Matters to the United States, to Europe, and to the Future of the West

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  4. Censoring Jerusalem at American Seders

    Next year in Charleston!

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