Temple Emanuel has arranged for a special Passover Seder to be held exclusively for Non-Jews. This Seder will be held on Thursday, April 24th, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Due to limited seating, advanced reservations are required. Reservations can be made by calling the Temple Emanuel office at 563-326-4419. The charge for this Seder experience will be $36.00 per person.
It will include a complete Seder service and a full catered meal, including all the symbolic Passover foods, similar to a typical Temple Emanuel Congregational Passover Seder observance. However, this event will be geared far more to a Non-Jewish audience, being more instructional in nature. The Seder service will be led by Rabbi Henry Jay Karp, with music being provided by Sheryl Hassell-Bennett, Temple Emanuel's cantorial soloist, who leads the congregation's musical worship when Cantor Gail Posner Karp is not available.
Rabbi Karp explained that Temple Emanuel decided to host this special Seder in response to all the interest in Passover expressed over the years by Non-Jews, and especially church groups. We thought that it would be far more instructive for us to provide an actual Seder experience to the Non-Jewish community than simply going around to various groups in the community, doing presentations about Passover, as we have done in years past.
