Escaping Egypt, Engaging Jews
It’s the Saturday evening before Passover. You find yourself and a group of eight friends entering an airy, well-lit loft in a hip neighborhood in Metro Detroit. You’ve been given the objectives and your mission: to find all of the items to fill the Seder plate sitting empty on the large Passover table set in the middle of the room. You and your friends try a sip of horseradish infused vodka before the clock starts, which puts you in the mood not only for Passover, but for a challenge. That’s when you hear it: Click. The sound of being locked into a room with only 45 minutes to escape. Hundreds of young adults in Metro Detroit experienced this moment of excitement in the week leading […]
