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March 2021 Happy Passover from JFNH It Is Hard to Believe That Passover Is Al- COVID-19 Did Give Us the Opportunity to Conversations Published by the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Volume 41, Number 6 March 2021 Adar-Nissan 5781 PASSOVER Happy <PMZMIZM Passover TW\[WN_Ia[ \WMI\UI\bIP )VLTW\[WN_Ia[\WJM XIZ\WN\PM.MLMZI\QWV To make matzah taste better — you can try hundreds of things. To make someone’s life better — try the Federation. Please give to the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire. You’ll be helping your community at home and around the world. 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PAGE 2 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Adar-Nissan 5781 • March 2021 Happy Passover from JFNH It is hard to believe that Passover is al- COVID-19 did give us the opportunity to conversations. most here, and we are once again plan- Elyse Hyman reach out across the state and include ev- • Sending children to Jewish summer ning family Zoom seders. I am not sure eryone in our programming and services camp, and on Israel experiences. any of us thought that here, a year later, this past year. • Presenting our Annual Jewish Film we would still be home, and not celebrat- Executive So, you may ask, how does the Federa- Festival (live or virtual) and hosting ing together with family and friends in Director tion allocate and distribute funds raised? special film series and panel discus- person. I want to wish you a very happy Your support of the annual campaign al- sions throughout the year. 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