
A Laundry List of Bitterness – A poem for Maror
It is a pleasure to drink unadulterated whiskey…
It is a pleasure to drink unadulterated whiskey…
The New Children’s Book Celebrates the First Presidential Seder
Hineini, “We are fully present,” honoring important and pivotal women in the formation of our history, role models of values and action, inspirational human beings who helped to shape the narrative of our past, transforming their darkness and redeeming their exile.
On one level, admittedly, my call to “Zionize the Seder” is redundant. The seder is deeply Zionist already, in marking our freedom as a people.
The Seder is a ritual of induced dissonance. It trains us to sit inside the discomfort of anticipation and contradiction. This is the bread of affliction; this is the bread of redemption.
The Haggadah makes clear that the Exodus was not an end in itself, but rather the first step in the return to the Land of Israel, where the Israelites would live as a free people.
As recounted in the biography of Chaplain Bohnen written by his son Michael, 750 American soldiers attended the meal celebrating the Festival of Freedom that evening.
Passover is moored in thousands of years of tradition and customs. New insights and rituals are constantly emerging. None of which could have occurred without one essential element: a dining table.
Though more Hamans would continue to arise, the Jewish people would survive and celebrate countless Purims in a new Promised Land.