Seder
The Fifth Question: “Can You Hear Me Now?”
“Can you hear me now?” In the famous TV advertisement about cellular phone service, it’s what the eyeglass-wearing geek clad in a ...
Not Your Grandfather’s Manishewitz: My Mission to Bring Good Wine to Your Seder
At this time of year, I have a mission… to save Jews from bad wine. Now, I know that some ...
A Sephardic Passover Meat Pie
For one Greek Jewish family, this casserole has been a seder staple for years.
Emerging from Narrow Places: Passover and the Stories of LGBTQ Jews
Passover is also a time for us to reflect on the mitzrayim we face today: what are the narrow places from which we must emerge? What are the ways in which we must move toward freedom from transphobia and heterosexism in our families, our workplaces, our Jewish communities? What steps do we need to take to bring us farther along on this journey?
The Global History of Ma Nishtana
Each year, Jewish children around the world learn the Four Questions. After all the image of the small child chanting ...
Passover in the Mississippi Delta
As Passover draws to a close, I’m reflecting on the seder I attended this year—a small and joyful gathering of ...
Who Knows Four?
What number comes to mind when you think about a Passover seder? Probably four. Four cups of wine. Four questions. Four sons. Especially those ...
My Seder Plate Has Cinnamon
There are several ways that LGBTQ Jews can be symbolically honored during the Passover seder. The orange on the seder ...
MLK’s Dayenu Moment
This past weekend, as I gathered for Passover seders, first with my family and friends, and then with my congregation, ...
Claiming Our Spiritual Ancestry
In the year 2000, I was still a newly-minted Jew, having completed my conversion in March of 1999. As Passover ...