Some 100 children from three churches joined 400 member youths of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue here in participating in a model seder at the synagogue. Rabbi Edward E.Klein, spiritual leader of the synagogue, conducted the seder which included matzoh and other traditional Passover foods.
The Christian guests at the seder included children from the Church of the Master, the Unitarian Church of All Souls and the Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church. In a message to the participants. Rabbi Klein stressed the need to recognize the brotherhood of different races and creeds.
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