Celebrating connections with friends and family during Passover and Easter

As Passover folds into Easter, I am reminded of how much I always loved it when the two holidays brushed hands.
Growing up, the closeness of these holidays opened a window of mutual connection for me with my Christian friends. As a Jewish minority, both in the town and the school where I grew up in Virginia, I was delighted to be able to come out of isolation and celebrate with everyone else.
Even if their moms were baking ham and mine was making potato kugel, the fact that they were doing it in