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The White House Seder
Here are some occurances at the annual Obama White House seder:*An the annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation right before Elijah sneaks in.*The President has a vocal impersonation of Pharaoh.*the Secret Service always kn ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Daniel Kuhn -
Being Human is a Guest House
This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,who violently ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Jon Klein -
Ten Ways to Bring Human Rights
Ten Ways to Bring Human Rights to Your Seder1. Place a tomato on your seder plate in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers,agricultural workers who are eradicating sla ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by TAMAR FOX -
The Four Names of Passover
LiberationBy David SuissaIt’s fashionable to look at Passover as a universal idea. This makes sense; after all, how much more universal can you get than the theme of human freedom? Also, it’s a lot easier these days to be oute ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Gail Robillard -
Jewish Solidarity woth Native
JSNAP PASSOVER HAGADDAH INSERT Thinking About Issues of Native Rights and Social Justice Jewish Solidarity with Native American People (JSNAP) works with Native American& ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Elise Goldin -
OurJewishCommunity.org Chocola
Rabbi Baum talks about leading a chocolate seder f ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by OurJewishCommunity .org -
Why is there an Oyster on the
ALL: Tonight we might have put an oyster on our Seder plate. While I didn’t particularly want to put something traif atop that most kosher of dishes, this Passover falls on th ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Paul Kipnes -
Hosting the Poor: The Right Th
כל דכפין ייתי ויכול, כל דצריך ייתי ויפסח Whomever is hungry: come and eat! Whomever needs: come and partake in the Passover rites! Do we mean it, ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by JonathanB -
The Artichoke on the Seder Pla
The seder plate holds the main symbols of a traditional Passover seder-- the shank bone, egg, karpas, charoset, and maror. The Kabbalists of the Middle Ages added hazeret, another ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
Ha Lachma / A Blessing for the
Here is an idea for linking ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Gilah Langner -
JMC's 4 New Questions to
http://www.jmcbrooklyn.org/downloads/JMCPassoverIn ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by jmcbrooklyn -
Sh'foch Ha Matcha
At this point in the seder, traditional Jews would open the door and shout angry words at their enemies, those who had persecuted them and had accused the Jewish community of a blood libel--of making matzah with the blood of Chris ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
The Orange on the Seder Plate
EVERY JEWISH FAMILY produces a unique version of the Passover seder—the big ritual meal of traditional foods, served after and amid liturgy, storytelling, and song. We’re all surprised at each other’s customs: You eat lamb? ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Anita Diamant -
Three Additional Questions for
On Passover, we are commanded to retell the story ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Karen Radkowsky -
Three Additional Questions for
On Passover, we are commanded to retell the story ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Karen Radkowsky -
Be the First Into the Red Sea
This Passover, Progressive Jewish Alliance invites you to think about how you can build a Kehillat Tzedek – a Community of Just Action. During these troubling times, we stand together at the edge of a rising tide that threatens ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Progressive Jewish Alliance
