Pesach: A Season for Social Justice
March 18, 2010
Holidays | Social Action
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by Kate Bigam
Press Secretary, RAC
Passover is rich in social justice themes.
It is impossible to study the story of our redemption and not feel compelled to
eradicate injustice in the world today. If your family or congregation is
looking for a way to engage in social justice advocacy and awareness while
remembering the story of our slavery in Egypt, we've got a few suggestions for
you.
Is your synagogue already planning something creative and
social justice-themed? Leave a comment a let us know!
Webinar: Social Justice Perspectives on Home Seders
Is participating in the Seder ritual a liberating
experience for you? Join us on March 23, 2010, from 3-4:00pm EDT, for a
Passover webinar, "The Long Road to the Promised Land: Social Justice
Perspectives on Home Seders." Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, URJ Worship
Specialist, and Naomi Abelson, URJ Social Action Specialist, will explore ideas
for deepening the experience and raising the consciousness of those gathered
around your Seder table. Learn
more and register now.
Host a Child Nutrition Seder
Each year during the Seder we read, "Let all who are hungry come and eat." This
Pesach, the organized Jewish community -- including the Religious Action Center,
the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Mazon -- want to help you raise
anti-poverty and anti-hunger awareness during your traditional Passover Seder.
You can:
- Incorporate
elements of the Child Nutrition Seder using
our easy one-pager at any time during your
Seder
- Host
a Child Nutrition Seder using this special Haggadah
Help release the shackles of hunger that bind our
children and prevent them from achieving their full potential. You can learn
more by visiting our Child
Nutrition Seder page or by contacting RAC Legislative Assistant David Goodman at 202-387-2800.
Use a Passover Companion in Your Seder
The Religious Action Center provides a compilation of a
variety of Seder
inserts and themed Haggadot. A sampling:
- Join the
fight to combat malaria this Pesach and help people on their journey
toward freedom, from plague to promise. Download the Nothing But Nets Passover Packet (PDF).
- Congregation Beth El of Sudbury, Mass., has
written a special piece to lend a contemporary context to lessons from the
Passover celebration. Download their Darfur Passover Companion in MS Word format or PDF format.
- These readings highlighting global concerns can
be incorporated into your traditional family and congregational Seders. Download
American Jewish World Service' Passover insert (PDF).
Keep programming!
Want even more Passover resources? Visit the RAC's Passover page,
where you'll find additional social justice programs, or the URJ's Passover page, where you'll
find outside-the-box Pesach info and ideas, including matzah recipes, information
and activities for adults to share with kids about Passover, a synagogue
sounding board about congregational Pesach programs.
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