{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "fifth-question-7", "title": "A Fifth Question ", "author": "Yvonne Lilian", "author_handle": "yvonne-lilian", "author_initials": "YL", "covertext": "“Why on this night when we remember the oppression and resistance of Jews should we also think about the lives of people...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/105663/conversions/profile10206028982390029-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/105663/profile10206028982390029", "body": "<p> <em>“Why on this night when we remember the oppression and resistance of Jews should we also think about the lives of people of color?”</em> <strong>Because many Jews are people of color. Because racism is a Jewish issue. Because our liberation is connected.</strong></p>\n\n<p>White Ashkenazi Jews have a rich history but are only a part of the Jewish story. Mizrahi &amp; Sephardi Jews; Yemeni Jews; Ethiopian Jews; Jews who trace their heritage to the Dominican Republic, to Cuba &amp; Mexico; to Guyana &amp; Trinidad; descendants of enslaved Africans whose ancestors converted or whose parents intermarried.</p>\n\n<p>Jews of color are diverse, multihued and proud of it — proud of our Jewishness and proud of our Blackness. But though our lives are joyous and full, racism forces us down a narrow, treacherous path. On the one hand we experience the same oppression that afflicts all people of color in America — racism targets us, our family members, and our friends. On the other hand, the very community that we would turn to for belonging and solidarity — our Jewish community — often doesn’t acknowledge our experience.</p>\n\n<p>Jews of color cannot choose to ignore the experiences of people of color everywhere, anymore than we would ignore our Jewishness. We must fully inhabit both communities and we need all Jews to stand with us, forcefully and actively opposing racism and police violence.</p>\n\n<p>But in order to do so, we must pare our past trauma from our present truth: our history of oppression leaves many of us hyper-vigilant and overly preoccupied with safety. As Jews we share a history that is overburdened with tales of violent oppression. Though different Jewish communities have varying experiences, none of us have escaped painful legacies of persecution, including genocide. This past is real, and part of why we gather today is to remember it. But the past is past. However seductive harsh policing, surveillance and incarceration may be in the short term, it will never serve us in the end. Not when those tactics brutalize other communities, humiliating and incarcerating our neighbors and perpetuate a status quo that leaves low-income communities of color on the other side of a sea of fear — still trapped; still stranded. The only real way out of the Mitzrayim (Egypt) of our fears is solidarity. Only by forging deep connections and sharing struggle with other communities will we creating the lasting allies who will walk with us into the promised land of our collective liberation. That is true Jewish freedom — true and lasting safety.</p>\n\n<p> <em>They cried to Moses, “What have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt ... it is better to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness” (14:11-12). </em> </p>\n\n<p>When Moses led the Jews out of Egypt, it was a moment of great risk and great change. As the passage above shows us, though life under Pharaoh was cruel and crushing, it was also familiar — a known fear. After a century of servitude, freedom. What changed? It was the Jewish people daring to imagine for themselves something greater. Daring to take great risks and face great fears to find liberation. This willingness to stand up for justice is a strength we have found again and again. When the oppression of economic exploitation demanded it, our grandparents found it in the labor movement; when the civil rights movement demanded it, our parents travelled to the South to register voters. Now this moment demands again that we take risks for justice.</p>\n\n<p>What our neighbors in communities of color are asking — what the Jews of color in our own communities need from their fellow Jews — is that we push past the comfortable and move to action. In the streets, in our synagogues and homes, with our voices, our bodies, our money and resources, with our imaginations. In doing so we must center the voices and the leadership of Jews of color and other communities of color, while forming deep partnerships and long-term commitments to fight for lasting change.</p>\n\n<p>Passover is a time of remembrance but also one of renewal — of looking ahead toward the spring and new growth that will sustain us through the seasons to come. Once we spent spring in the desert. 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The War on Crime also increased militarization by giving state authorities federal funding for weapons- including tanks and arms.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Why are people of color incarcerated at extraordinarily high rates?</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>African Americans are jailed 4x the rate of white Americans (in New York City, this figure is 12x the rate). African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population and yet 36% of the jail population. Nixon asserted himself as a creator of prison policy, and wrote a “Long Rang Master Plan” to dramatically increase incarceration. A California chart was found in his cabinet predicted a 1975 crossover of more non-white people incarcerated than white.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><br />\n </p>\n\n<p><strong>3. What is the relationship between mass incarceration and mass deportation?</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>To address this question, first we must define neoliberalism. Neoliberal reforms are economic changes that focus on opening up the economy to global markets and reduce state spending on social welfare (Golash-Boza, Deported). The U.S. government profits from mass deportation among undocumented people by keeping their wages low and their work ethic submissive. Once undocumented people have lived long enough in the U.S. to become bilingual, their deportation benefits their home country because they can work for transnational corporations- which are absolutely necessary to sustain a liberal economy. From 2008-2013 over 2 million people were deported, more than the sum of all deported people pre-1997 (Golash-Boza, Deported). Amnesty International and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have denounced immigration detention conditions as draconian.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><br />\n </p>\n\n<p>4. Why should we as Jews care about mass incarceration?</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Because it is one of the greatest issues plaguing our nation today. 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We have nothing to lose but our chains</em> — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>3. If we had truly <em>sh’ma</em> (listened) to the stories, pain and triumphs of our brothers and sisters of color without feeling the need to correct, erase or discredit them and did not recognize the Pharaohs of this generation — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>4.If we had advocated for genocide recognition and reparations for Jews, Armenians, Rwandans, Cambodians, Romani, Sudanese, and all persecuted peoples — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>5. If we had realized that being a “light unto the nations” is not an excuse for paternalism, but a call to dismantle oppressive systems and work toward repairing the world — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>6. If we had protested police use of tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray and rifles pointed at protesters and forgotten that we are all <em>b’tselem elohim</em>, created in G-d’s image — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>7. If we were to stand on podiums announcing that Islam means peace, that our hands shake when we hear of violent far off attacks signed with names that are similar to ours — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>8. If we were to voice stories of women fired from their jobs, ignored on subways, pushed in lines, asked to leave in restaurants — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>9. If we were asked to translate our names, our lives, the constant misunderstanding and the constant tired need to defend our right to exist, breathe, walk the same space and not be seen as unwanted, dangerous, a risk, an other — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>10. If our voices were to be accepted, if our stories held as truth — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>11. If we had worked to dismantle the reigns of today’s Pharaohs and had not joined the new civil rights movement — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>12. If we had marched, chanted, listened, learned and engaged in this new civil rights movement and not realized that this story is our story, including our people and requiring our full participation — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p>13. If we had concluded that our work is not done, that the story is still being written, that now is still the moment to be involved and that we haven’t yet brought our gifts and talents to a global human rights revolution — Lo Dayenu</p>\n\n<p> <em>We must work together to progress from Lo Dayenu to Dayenu in the coming years. 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Just as the first plague of <strong>blood</strong> recalls violence and turmoil, we must take action to <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/criminal-justice\">reform our criminal justice system</a> so that it meets the highest ideals of society and overcomes the brokenness – the spilled blood – that began this cycle in the first place.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Today, essential pathways to opportunity are blocked by a basic lack of shelter and affordable housing. Just as the plague of <strong>frogs</strong> transformed the Egyptians’ homes into unlivable conditions, <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/advocacy/economic-justice/housing\">the lack of affordable housing</a> can transform lives into the most basic struggle. Until more affordable housing units are created, too many people in need will not be able to have a home of their own.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.rac.org/public-health\">Today’s health care system</a> remains out of reach to so many, millions of Americans still do not have insurance. The plague of <strong>lice</strong> reminds us that affordable, quality healthcare is important to have when we are healthy, and especially when unforeseen circumstances arise. We must work to advocate for those who do not have access to health care to ensure that all Americans can receive the treatments that they need.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Sadly the plague of <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/gun-violence-prevention\">gun violence</a> in America is all too familiar; guns kill 32,000 Americans each year. Gun violence runs rampant in our communities, as did the <strong>wild animals</strong>, but we have the power to end this scourge ourselves. We are commanded to take necessary measures to ensure the sanctity of human life and safety of our communities.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Hungry kids are not a distant tragedy; they are in every community. Our tradition is explicit in commanding that we <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/advocacy/economic-justice/hunger\">feed the hungry</a>, and we must work to make that a reality. The plague of <strong>cattle disease</strong> reminds us how important it is to ensure that all people have the resources and support needed to live healthily.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.rac.org/nothing-nets-partnership\">Malaria</a>—spread through the single bite of a mosquito—keeps countries poor, costing the African continent approximately $12 billion a year in lost productivity and using up to 40 percent of all public health care resources. Just as malaria plagues us today, did <strong>boils </strong>plague the Egyptians when this sudden health crisis impaired their lives and livelihood.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>We must all take action to adapt to and to mitigate the effects of <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/advocacy/environment\">climate change</a>, but we cannot lose sight of the fact that climate change most significantly impacts low income communities and people of color. The climate disruption of the plague of <strong>hail</strong> is a reminder that the onus is on each of us to take action to prevent climate disruption in communities where such events would have a devastating impact.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Our tradition speaks strongly to valuing workers’ essential dignity as well as maintaining healthy families. Just as the <strong>locusts</strong> disrupted work and resources for the Egyptians, so does the lack of <a href=\"http://blogs.rj.org/rac/2015/03/30/a-healthy-passover-for-all-workers/\">paid sick days</a> disrupt the lives of families and workplaces across the United States. Without a national minimum standard, workers face agonizing choices between health  and subsistence.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.rac.org/education\">Education</a> is the key to opportunity and prosperity; and the fewer the educational resources, the more challenging for those students to advance in society. The plague of <strong>darkness</strong> reminds us to pursue a bright future for all our children through robust public education. We cannot keep some members of our community on the margins by denying them educational opportunities.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>There are many structural policy changes that we can make to ameliorate <a href=\"http://www.rac.org/advocacy/economic-justice\">economic inequality</a>. The drama and pain of the plague of the <strong>death of the firstborn</strong> does not remind of us of any one social justice issue, but it does remind us of the importance of taking action before crises become truly dire. <a href=\"http://blogs.rj.org/rac/2015/03/16/this-passover-an-exodus-from-injustice-for-workers/\">Raising the minimum wage</a> underscores the previous nine plagues by lifting millions of people out of poverty and taking them away from these plagues.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Criminal Justice System</p>\n\n<p>Lack of Affordable Housing</p>\n\n<p>Inadequate Health Care</p>\n\n<p>Gun Violence</p>\n\n<p>Hunger</p>\n\n<p>Malaria</p>\n\n<p>Climate Change</p>\n\n<p>Unjust Work Environments</p>\n\n<p>Education Inequity</p>\n\n<p>Low Minimum Wage</p>\n\n<p>We cannot let these injustices of inequality continue. On Passover, we commit to structural change so that these issues will no longer be plaguing millions at home and around the globe. As we celebrate our redemption from the land of Egypt, and of the plagues that played a role in that redemption, we cannot lose sight of the plagues that still exist today. If we can overcome these plagues, so many more people will be able to revel in the liberation and redemption that the Jewish people celebrates on Passover.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Religious Action Center on Reform Judaism", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Ten Plagues", "slug": "ten-plagues" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 195, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Ten Plagues of Inequality | Passover haggadah by Yvonne Lilian", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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We delight in our liberation from Pharaoh's oppression.</p>\n\n<p>We drink four cups for four promises fulfilled.</p>\n\n<p>The first cup as God said, \"I will free you from the labors of the Egyptians.\"</p>\n\n<p>The second as God said, \"And I will deliver you from their bondage.\"</p>\n\n<p>The third as God said, \"I will redeem you with an outstretched arm with great judgements.\"</p>\n\n<p>The fourth because God said, \"I will take you to be My People.\"</p>\n\n<p>We know, though, that all are not yet free. As we welcome Elijah the Prophet into our homes, we offer a fifth cup, a cup not yet consumed. </p>\n\n<p>A fifth cup for the 60 million refugees and displaced people around the world still waiting to be free-- from refugee camps in Chad to the cities and towns of Ukraine, for the Syrian refugees still waiting to be delivered from the hands of tyrants, for the thousands of asylum seekers in the United States still waiting in detention for redemption to come, for all those who yearn to be taken in not as strangers but as fellow human beings. </p>\n\n<p>This Passover, let us walk in the footsteps of the One who delivered us from bondage. When we rise from our Seder tables, may we be emboldened to take action on behalf of the world's refugees, hastening Elijah's arrival as we speak out on behalf of those who are not yet free. </p>\n\n<p>אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַנָּבִיא, אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי,</p>\n\n<p>אֵלִיָּֽהוּ, אֵלִיָּֽהוּ,אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַגִּלְעָדִי.</p>\n\n<p>בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵֽנוּ יָבוֹא אֵלֵֽינוּ</p>\n\n<p>עִם מָשִֽׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד,</p>\n\n<p>עִם מָשִֽׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד.</p>\n\n<p>Eliyahu hanavi Eliyahu hatishbi Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Eliyahu hagiladi Bimheirah b’yameinu, yavo eileinu Im mashiach ben-David, Im mashiach ben-David</p>\n\n<p>Elijah the prophet, the returning, the man of Gilad: return to us speedily, in our days with the messiah, son of David.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "HIAS", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Hallel", "slug": "hallel" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 196, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Cup of Elijah | Passover haggadah by Yvonne Lilian", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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With this final cup, we think of a time we experienced an instance of liberation for our community. We also give thanks for the experience of celebrating Passover together, for the traditions that help inform our daily lives and guide our actions and aspirations.</p>\n\n<p>בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן:</p>\n\n<p>Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen.</p>\n\n<p>We praise God, Ruler of Everything, who creates the fruit of the vine. 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