Let My People Go: Passover and Slavery in Iraq

A woman reacts during a a mass funeral for Yezidi victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district, on Feb. 6, 2021. Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

On March 28, Jews around the world will sit down and feast, some outside in balmy weather in Israel, California, and in the hotels of the Gulf Arab states that are now at peace with the Jewish State. The rest of us in the temperate world will celebrate on Zoom. The story that is told at Passover is as old as the Bible. It’s about slavery and freedom.