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Local participants include Mina Cohen, Susan Duhan Felix, Leslie Gattmann, Ruth Goldstein, Beth Grossman, Sherry Karver, Nancy Katz, Liz Mamorsky, Sara Mann, Ann Honig Nadel, Joan Perlman and Florence Resnikoff. More than 80 Jewish women from around the world are participating.

A Miriam's cup is a new ritual object developed over the past 10 years by Jewish women who wanted to honor women of the past. It is meant to be placed on the seder table as a symbol of the importance of Moses' sister to the Jewish people.