Seats around Passover table to be left vacant this year for Gaza hostages

A picture of one of the many hostages can be downloaded and printed via the Board’s website, and participants of the initiative are encouraged to share pictures of their laid Seder tables with the #SederSeatForAHostage hashtag.

Board President Marie van der Zyl described the initiative as “commemorating the Festival of Freedom, remembering those in captivity”.

She said: “As in ancient days, we call: ‘Let Our People Go.’ Jewish Muslim, Christian, or Buddhist, the hostages must all come home.

“We pray for their release and for this terrible conflict to come to an end with Hamas uprooted, so that Israelis and Palestinians can together build a better future. And when we recite the words: ‘Next year in Jerusalem’, we will be thinking of all those who are not with us for the Seder this year, hoping for their safe return.”

Pictures can be accessed at: https://bod.org.uk/seder-seat-for-a-hostage/