Passover celebrations began in the Bay Area Wednesday, with many people marking the first night of the Jewish holiday with the traditional seder evening meal, gathering again in large groups after years of pandemic isolation.
, a steady stream of customers came in to get carry-out orders, with bags of brisket and traditional kosher foods lined up.
Each item on the table has a special meaning for the holiday, which celebrates the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt to freedom. But for some, this Passover is also painful. Julia Berezovska is a Jewish Ukrainian MBA student at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She is thinking of her mother and homeland on this holiday that is meant to be celebrated at home.She worries about her mother and cousin who are caught in Ukraine amidst the Russian attacks.
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