Keeping traditions alive during the ‘new normal’
By Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn A. Ford, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
/ Published April 10, 2020
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Sarah Schechter, 86th Airlift Wing staff chaplain, tests communication capabilities in her home in Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 8, 2020. Schechter and her family hosted a virtual Passover Seder from their home to maintain physical distancing protocols while performing the 3,000 year-old ritual ceremony with members of the Jewish community. Physical distancing protocols put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 encouraged many to look towards technology as a way to share in traditional communal rituals such as the Passover Seder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jocelyn Ford)