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Not just a second Passover: Juneteenth’s unfinished journey

This story was originally published in the Forward. If you or your shul are looking for ways to observe Juneteenth, consider a Black voter registration drive. And maybe a bouncy house. But please, don’t call the 2-year-old federal holiday that commemorates the freeing of Black people from slavery a “second Passover.” It’s more analogous to […]