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 Free thinkers: members of the Reform group outside the Chinese embassy |
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BY |ACQUI KOHEN TWELVE Reform Chavurah members took a Pesach stand against oppression by joining a "Free Tibet" vigil outside the Chinese embassy. Twenty-seven-year-old Malcolm Cohen, from Edgware, who heads the young adults group, explained: "We participated because Pesach is all about pidyon shvuyim [freeing the oppressed]. Sitting round the Seder table discussing it is all well and good but we wanted to support a cause which needs help now." The group - which is establishing links with like?minded Progressive organisations worldwide- reported a "really positive" response from passers-by. "We were holding up banners saying, 'Beep your horn for
Tibet,"' Mr Cohen reported. "There was plenty of beeping.
We now hope to play a larger part in the 'Free Tibet' campaign
and will attend the weekly vigil on other occasions." |
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