Lgbt Stats

1) 64% felt unsafe at school due to sexual orientation

2) 44% felt unsafe at school due to gender identification

3) 42% of LGBT youth have experienced cyber bullying

4) 42% of LBGT youth say the community in which they live in is not accepting of LGBT people

5) Only 77% of LGBT youth say they know things will get better

6) 60% LGBT students report feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation

7) LGBT youth are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide as their straight peers

8) LGBT students are twice as likely to say that they were not planning on completing high school or going on to college

9) LGBT youth who reported higher levels of family rejection during adolescence are three times more likely to use illegal drugs

10) Half of gay males experience a negative parental reaction when they come out and in 26% of those cases the youth was thrown out of the home

haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues

Featured clips

-- Four Children

The Four Children

by Lisa Gitelson

In recounting our story, let us consider that we tell it to four children, one wise, one simple, one wicked and one innocent. The wise child asks: How can I learn more about our people? To that child you shall direct our wealth of literature so that they may seek out this knowledge for themself. The simple child asks: What is this all about? To that child you shall say simply , because we had faith we were redeemed from slavery....

Tzafun

Diversity Makes Us Who We Are

by Eileen Levinson

-- Exodus Story

Answering Tough Questions About Refugees

by HIAS

WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THIS AS A JEW? The Jewish people has been a refugee people since biblical times. In the United States, we know the devastating consequences of turning away refugees. Less than a century ago, refugees fleeing the Holocaust were marked as security threats to the U.S., denied entry, and sent back to Europe to be brutally murdered. Furthermore, the value of welcoming, protecting, and loving the stranger appears in the Torah 36 times according to the Talmud...

Introduction

Establecer Intenciones: Setting Intentions

by Mirit Markowitz

Bienvenido, shalom, welcome to Seder A La Mexicana: a journey from exilio (exile) to liberdad (freedom.) We start by setting intentions for the event with all of you here tonight. The first one is that of inclusión, Pesach is a time of inclusion. Tonight we come together to recreate in story and espíritu (spirit) of Moses and the Israelites journey from Mitsrayim (Egypt or a "narrow bridge") to liberdad, the land of Israel. Tonight we honor our ancestors, the curanderas (healers,)...

Tzafun

Afikoman

by #Friendseder

Introduction

Pesach Haggadah

by Haggadot

-- Four Questions

Hunger Seder: Four Questions

by MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

The Four Questions we ask at our Hunger Seder challenge us to consider what is different about this night. Only when we ask the right questions can we understand the causes of hunger and take action to end this unnecessary plight. 1. Why during this seder do we focus on hunger? Hunger remains a painful physical reality for far too many of our friends, neighbors, and family members. Hunger is an oppressive force that holds individuals back from realizing their full...

Kadesh

Wine

by Alexis Madrigal

It’s been a crazy week. The world with all its worries and bothers is still clamoring for your attention. The first step is to forget all that. Leave it behind. Enter into a timeless space, where you, your great-grandparents and Moses all coincide. The beginning of all journeys is separation. You’ve got to leave somewhere to go somewhere else. It is also the first step towards freedom: You ignore the voice of Pharaoh inside that mocks you, saying, “Who are you...

Introduction

by HIAS

As we celebrate the Jewish people’s biblical exodus from Egypt, we remember that there are 60 million displaced people around the world, people fleeing violence and persecution in search of a safe place to call home. We are currently in the midst of the worst refugee crisis since World War II. HIAS, the world’s oldest, and only Jewish, refugee resettlement organization, helps refugees find ways to live in safety and with dignity as we also mobilize the Jewish community’s response to...

Introduction

College Haggadah

by Hymie Goldstein

Leader: We begin with the Passover plate. The four foods on this plate symbolize the four years of Beloit.Leader: The first item is the bitter herbs. All: The bitter herbs came from the hot sauce tray.Leader: The second item is the chocolate KarpasAll: The karpas is some lettuce that we got from the salad bar. It symbolizes prosperity. Leader: The third item is the fruit. All: The fruit represents the mortar that held the buildings together in Egypt. It also is...

-- Ten Plagues

Ten Plagues - Frog

by Haggadot

-- Exodus Story

What is meant by Pesach?

by Ari Moss

“People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. ― Abraham Joshua Heschel This is what every Seder is about. Celebration of freedom, expressing reverence, appreciation,...

-- Four Questions

Four Questions

by Haggadot

Kadesh

by Arielle Angel

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Lesson of Nachshon

by Hillel at the University of Rochester

Imagine you are standing on the bank of the sea of reeds and you look forward and all you see is water. Suddenly, you look behind you and you see the Egyptian army quickly approaching you. The Israelites pled to Moses and Moses spoke to God. God told Moses, raise your staff over the water and I will split the seas. So Moses did, and nothing happened. Suddenly a man named Nachshon started walking into the water. The water was up...

Karpas

Dipping Greens in Salt Water

by Machar Congregation

SALT WATER - Why do we dip our food in salt water two times on this night? The first time, the salty taste reminds us of the tears we cried when we were slaves. [Greens held up for all to see.] KARPAS - Parsley and celery are symbols of all kinds of spring greenery. The second time, the salt water and the green can help us to remember the ocean and green plants and the Earth, from which we get the...

Conclusion

Just to be is a blessing...

by Haggadot

Introduction

Freedom - by Emory Douglas

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