sunday/29
Let freedom ring. Before the first seder, there’s the Freedom Seder. The annual interfaith gathering on the Peninsula is a collaboration of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Spark Church, Congregation Etz Chayim and the First Congregational church of Palo Alto. Song, discussion and prayer will help attendees recall the Exodus and reflect on efforts being made today to end human trafficking and other forms of slavery. The meal will be vegetarian and kosher.
7 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at Congregation Etz Chayim, 4161 Alma St., Palo Alto. $18-$30. www.jcrc.org
Family Passover celebration. Children’s activities include building a mock Nile River, and musician Jonathan Bayer tells Passover story. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. www.paloaltojcc.org (See story, 2)
tuesday/31
San Francisco Multicultural Freedom Seder. Annual multifaith seder with kosher Passover meal. Presented by JCRC, JCCSF and Congregation Emanu-El. At JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. 6:30 p.m. $15-$35. www.jccsf.org
thursday/2
Russian Jewish community’s Passover in the Desert. Spend several days in Panoche Hills, with educational activities plus communal seders on Friday and Saturday. Location with registration. Through April 5. $50; children $15. www.jewishfed.org/news/events/passover-desert-russian-jewish-community
jewish calendar
March 20, 2015
Adar 29, 5775
Light candles at 7:03 p.m.
Shabbat ends at 8:01 p.m.
March 27, 2015
Nissan 7, 5775
Light candles at 7:15
Shabbat ends at 8:08 p.m.