Cultures unite for a Passover tradition
By KRISTINA HERRNDOBLER
Houston Chronicle
April 2, 2007

Shirley Warshaw has celebrated the traditional seder meal her entire life. Until recently, Dean Coffer knew nothing about the symbolic dinner.

The two came together last week when Congregation Brith Shalom in Bellaire shared a seder table with members of Brentwood Baptist Church.

"I never heard of a seder until maybe a month ago. Ever," said Coffer, who came as a guest of the Brentwood congregation. "So when I began to discover the importance in the Jewish tradition, I just wanted to know more. I just wanted to learn."

The interfaith ceremony was not unlike the traditional seder that Jews around the world will share tonight, when the eight-day holiday of Passover begins. the rest