To the Editor:

Re: “WARNING: This Column Is Not Kosher for Passover,” Opinion, April 15.

Like the author of this column, I faced the challenge of explaining Passover to my friends. It is incredibly difficult to explain to someone in five minutes why I cannot eat bread, rice, pasta, peanut butter, corn syrup, etc. on Passover.

However, I find that Cornell Dining has made it easy for me to keep fully kosher for Passover. The Kosher Dining Hall, 104 West, offers great food options for Passover. Not only do they serve the traditional matzoh and gefilte fish, but also interesting items, such as kosher for Passover pasta and rolls. As a vegetarian, I have never had trouble finding something I can eat.

Additionally, the staff at 104 West is extremely welcoming and friendly. The author suggests that, “It is both impractical and wistful to believe that all students who want to keep kosher for Passover … will be able to eat all of their meals at 104 West.” I have lived on North Campus for the past three years, and each Passover, I walk to 104 West for lunch and dinner. Eating at 104 West on Passover has also allowed me to meet other Jewish students, some of whom I might not have met otherwise.

I would like to thank Cornell Dining and 104 West for my fabulous experience with keeping kosher for Passover on campus.

Alana Mildner ’10