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For a second straight Passover, Jews mark Festival of Freedom while hostages remain in Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish families worldwide are grappling with the bittersweet celebration of Passover, emphasizing the holiday's message of freedom while 24 living hostages remain captive in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PassoverGazaCeasefireHostagesJewish FamiliesSederCaptivityFreedomHaggadah

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Last Passover, Agam Berger marked the holiday in the small, dim room in Gaza where she was being held hostage."
Egypt
"she used a makeshift haggadah to recount the story of the ancient Israelites exodus from slavery in Egypt."
Israel
"This is perhaps the greatest thing we can do for them, she wrote, noting that her family would be setting a place for Nimrod Cohen, a soldier captured from his tank."

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