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Sarah Silverman's Haggadah lament

American comedian uses new Pesach book to criticise Israel's presence in the West Bank

April 7, 2017 12:02
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals
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Sarah Silverman has used her contribution to a new Haggadah to criticise Israel's continued presence in the West Bank.

“Oppression will always prove to be on the wrong side of history”, she writes.

The  American comedian is one of 30 authors, artists and Jewish thinkers who contributed to a new Jubilee Haggadah which has been published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War when Israel captured the West Bank.

The project was created by a group called SISO – “Save Israel. Stop the Occupation” - and features diaspora leaders who are calling for an end to the occupation. It  was also supported by the New Israel Fund.