Dispatch from a Pandemic Passover

This is the first in a series of dispatches we are publishing throughout the month of April, a time of sacred celebration for Christians, Jews and Muslims.

The author’s Seder plate. Photo courtesy of Jane Eisner

By Jane Eisner

This year, Passover is stripped to its essence.

This has always been my favorite holiday: a weeklong religious ritual with grand, universal themes anchored by a Seder meal that…