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won't you celebrate with
won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on ...Nirtzahcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
An Introduction To Our Seder
An Introduction To Our SederEach year, we gather with friends, family, and other members of our community to share the retelling of the story of Passover. We recall a dark time in history when the Jewish People were slaves, when w ...Introductioncontributed by Pamela Ryba -
Why is there no orange on our
Why is there no orange on our Seder plate? In the early 1980s, while speaking at Oberlin College Hillel, Susannah Heschel was introduced to an early feminist Hag ...Karpascontributed by e heimberg -
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 -
Maror
Maror comes from the hebrew word for bitter. The maror symbolizes the bitt ...Covercontributed by Sara Balsam -
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 -
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 -
Just One Percent
Just One PercentTo: Chad Gadya Just one percentJust one percentControl almost halfOf the nation’s wealth.Just one percentJust one percent Their dividends aren’t taxedAs ordinary income,Control almost halfOf the ...Songscontributed by Kal Winer -
Why Is This Night Different? V
Here is Mah Nishtanah sung in English translation. ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Gerald Weiss -
The Cup of Redemption
There, in the very center of the Seder table, stands a special, ornate kiddush-cup brimming with wine, awaiting the one still expected but as yet un-arrived guest -- the prophet Elijah. Will Elijah come this year, to drink of ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Two Cups - Elijah's and M
Everybody knows that we place a cup of wine for the prophet Eliah at the center of the Seder table. At a dramatic moment in the Seder, the door is opened to welcome this usually un ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss
