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How was this night different? Was I being a bad Jew? Was I a good Jew all through Catholic schools in Japan, resisting, resisting, resisting, only to undo it now by going to a Christian seder in California? Passover at The Congregation of Zion led by Pastor Dumisani Washington, an unapologetic Zionist, was my choice this year. I would have two seders, at home with friends and family, and Zion’s. As a Zionist Mizrahi Jew, I long to be in an environment where the Mizrahi exodus into Israel matters. The church seder opened with a clip from The Mizrahi Project, where Joe, an Iraqi Jew tells his story of surviving the Farhud, Baghdad’s pogrom, and eventual expulsion. When a pastor goes to such le
