The Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation held the model Passover Seder for about 50 interfaith and community leaders. Photo by Anthony Giacomino.
Welcome to our Passover 2025 special section of the Chronicle, which we begin with photos from a recent seder aimed at bringing community together. The Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation and Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee held the model Passover Seder for about 50 interfaith and community leaders on March 10.
Rabbi Noah Chertkoff, senior rabbi at Congregation Shalom, led the committee that planned the event as JCRC Interfaith Task Force chair. The event was planned in partnership with Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee.
The event was held at Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, Glendale, with participation from Rabbi Joel Alter, Cantor Richard Newman and Hazzan Mimi Rozansky, among others.
“About 50 diverse community representatives attended and many, if not most, guests had never attended a Seder before,” said Roberta S. Clark, JCRC executive director. “I had many participants come up to me during and after the Seder to tell me how much they enjoyed it and how fortunate they felt to be there.”
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Senior Pastor Walter Lanier, of Progressive Baptist Church in Milwaukee, follows along in the Haggadah during a model seder. Photo by Anthony Giacomino. Rabbi Noah Chertkoff of Congregation Shalom chatted with people at the model Passover Seder for about 50 interfaith and community leaders on March 10. Photo by Anthony Giacomino. Rabbi Joel Alter, spiritual leader for Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, with Brenda Jackson, of 100 Women on the Move and Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, at one of the model Seder tables. Participants at the tables chatted about discussion questions after the model Seder. Photo by Anthony Giacomino. Roberta S. Clark, here at the model seder, is the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Photo by Anthony Giacomino. Sami Stein Avner is executive director at Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee. She was among the speakers at the model Seder. Photo by Anthony Giacomino. Some participants had their first Hillel sandwich! The famous Passover sandwich typically holds maror, as bitter herbs, and sweet charoset, between pieces of matzah. Photo by Anthony Giacomino.
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