Tiffany Parks' 2022 Passover Message

The brutal images coming out of the current war in Ukraine are the same images that I’ve seen in WWII documentaries.

As I watch these images, it reminds me of what Jews today and the Jews of WWII experienced. The houses with jagged, gaping holes are a metaphor for what’s happening to the people.

The color images of the dead villagers littering the streets, the bombed-out bridges, the desperate women and children fleeing, the worried faces of the men, the cold, steel tanks are all tragic.

However, I am reminded of the still-potent power of the Passover. In dark times, the children of Israel, along with their wise leader, Moses, prepared themselves to be delivered from the Pharaoh.

This was not a passive event. It took strength to see the mistreatment of your people and still have hope for a better future. The same is true today for the Jews in Ukraine and for all people going through unstable violent government regimes/systems.

Tiffany Parks is an English instructor at Gwinnett Technical College.