In a posting for Beliefnet, Matthew Koss, associate professor of physics at the College of the Holy Cross and a non-practicing Jew, explains to his daughter the importance of observing Passover, despite the fact that their family doesn’t go to temple even on Jewish holidays.
“We go and we read because I want to raise your consciousness about what these biblical stories really contain versus how some can sugarcoat or misinterpret these stories, or conveniently forgot the parts of the stories that they don't like,” he wrote. “We go and read because I want you to be aware of the many views of these stories so that you may gain knowledge, perspective, and insight… Even though our Passover Seder is quite irreverent, I want you to understand those stories from perspectives wider than the Red Sea.”
This Holy Cross in the News item by Kristine Maloney.
