Yeah, I think I feel like you do. I don't seem to seeing a lot of outrage over President Obama hosting a Seder (for the third time now), so I wonder if it is more inclusive than I suspected. I should confess that I suspected that the evening would be pretty well mysterious to anyone who didn't speak Hebrew fluently, so we can see how naive I am on the matter.
I suppose it could also be a matter of precisely who you ask. To give a Christian example, I take communion when I am at a Protestant church (even if I am not a member of the denomination), but not when I'm at a Catholic church. It's commemorating the same event using largely the same ritual, but the Catholics feel that the experience would be less sacred were it open to those outside the fold. Through that lens, I am grateful that there are people who are willing to share the experience with those who would be respectful of it and broadened by it.
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Date: 2010-04-01 05:15 am (UTC)I suppose it could also be a matter of precisely who you ask. To give a Christian example, I take communion when I am at a Protestant church (even if I am not a member of the denomination), but not when I'm at a Catholic church. It's commemorating the same event using largely the same ritual, but the Catholics feel that the experience would be less sacred were it open to those outside the fold. Through that lens, I am grateful that there are people who are willing to share the experience with those who would be respectful of it and broadened by it.