Clips Library
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Refugees Give Refuge: A Rhode
When we retell the story of our flight from Egypt, we come to appreciate all those who have been refugees and fugitives. The oldest standing synagogue in North Americawas built in ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Mishael Zion -
4 Problems
How is this night different from other nights? On other nights we are not obligated to ask the questions of what separates us from redemption. Tonight we are so obligated.1) Why are women not yet universally reco ...-- Four Questionscontributed by shai cherry -
Tears
Do you know who cries the most in the Bible? King David! He's no cry baby -- he's a man of tears! He knows that those who sow in tears will reap in songs of joy. So, we dip, we indulge in salt water at the b ...Karpascontributed by shai cherry -
Ask Big Questions: Are We Free
While the seder is one of the Jewish people’s most treasured rituals, it has become a model for people throughout the world to gather and reflect on the question, “Are we free? ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Sheila Katz -
Letter to My Old Master
Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson,Big Spring, TennesseeSir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you a ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by TAMAR FOX -
An Orange on the Seder Plate
An Orange on the Seder Plate A modern-day custom in support of including marginalized Jews in mainstream Jewish life By Tamara Cohen One of the newer symbols to appear on many seder plates is the orange. This custom has been ...Introductioncontributed by Emily Arnold -
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
As history is told, this song began as a spiritual among African slaves in the United States. The lyrics reminded singers that they would finally be safe and welcome in heaven. But the song changed when it was adopted as a civil r ...Songscontributed by emmaia gelman -
Karpas
KarpasRevolutionaryJews for Racial & Economic Justice The karpas gives us the tension between the aliveness of Spring and the bitter tears we wept in the land of Egypt. We are refreshed by the greenness of the karpas, yet ...Karpascontributed by Lisa Marquardt -
Kiddush
Kiddush - Wine READER:The joy of Passover is the joy of love; the hope of Passover is the hope of love. Our ancestors suffered the coldness of hate and dreamed of the warmth of human kindness and universal love. And then, after th ...Kadeshcontributed by Lisa Marquardt -
Differentiating modern day Egy
Thoughts about Mitzrayim and Yisrael In the wake of the revolutions throughout the Arab World, and particu- larly in Egypt, we want to acknowledge the distinction betwee ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Laurie Maxwell -
Stone Wall-ed in Jerusalem
Stonewall-ed in JerusalemBorn into a secular Jewish family in Rhode Island in 1950, I remained the only family member who had never visited the Holy Land, until conditions recently aligned themselves for a trip to Israel in June 2 ...Covercontributed by Sara Friedlander
