In every generation, Jews re-tell the Passover story in light of the historic events of their own lifetime. Over the last century, the Passover story has been re-shaped by mass-immigration, the Holocaust, the founding of the Jewish State, Feminism, the 60’s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Climate change, and more. Since October 7th the Passover story has again become relevant in inspiring and chilling ways. As we explore the ways the Exodus story becomes meaningful in our and in every generation, we’ll also explore ideas and inspirations for our own Family seders this year.

Rabbi Mishael Zion is founder of Kehillat Klausner in Jerusalem and founding director of the Mandel Leadership Institute’s Program for Leadership in Jewish Culture. He is formerly a fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.

Together with his father, Noam Zion, he is the author of A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices (2007) and of The Israeli Haggadah (2004 and 2024).

Mishael holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and Jewish thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in New York.

He and his wife, Elana, a neuroscientist, have four daughters.