Some final Pesach thoughts: a pic, above, from my front garden and a Passover reading from Kol Haneshamah, the Reconstructionist siddur:
Once we were slaves; now we are free.
On this festival of freedom, we celebrate liberation’s redemptive power:
- the awakening of the earth after winter’s dormancy and the first fragile shoots of green thrusting forth from [...]
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Passover Awakening
Posted in Judaism, Pesach, Religion, Spirituality on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Sunshine of Your Love…
Posted in Environmentalism, Judaism, Pesach on April 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Celebrated a sublime Birkat Hachamah this morning at JRC. Began with meditation as the sun rose through the east window-wall of our sanctuary, then followed with yoga sun salutations – both led with profound depth of spirit by congregational member Carole Caplan. After this powerful prelude we participated in the Birkat Hachamah service itself (above).
As [...]
Prom Hero Hailed!
Posted in Labor, Pesach on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So GREAT to hear Sam Hamer’s stand for worker justice featured on NPR!
Chicago Public Radio WBEZ reported today on Sam’s efforts to convince his High School prom committee to pull out of the Congress Hotel, site of the longest running labor strike in the country.
And just in time for Pesach. Click here to hear the [...]
Tam Tam Conspiracy Deepens
Posted in Food, Judaism, Pesach on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Loyal readers of this blog will doubtless remember my report last Pesach on the now infamous “Tam Tam crisis.” Though this year we’ve been assured by Manichewitz that there will be more than enough Tam Tams to go around, I confess I was alarmed when I saw this strange new packaging that now reads: “Passover [...]
Immigration Reform by Pesach!
Posted in Immigration, Pesach, Politics, Religion on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an new Jewish community immigration initiative you need to know about: “Progress by Pesach.”
PBP has brought together an impressive coalition of diverse Jewish orgs to urge the Obama administration and Congress to make meaningful progress on compassionate immigration reform by April 2009.
There’s a variety of components to this campaign. Here’s the jist, from their [...]
More 21st Century Pesach News
Posted in Current Events, Interfaith, Israel, Judaism, Pesach, Religion on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a great sign of our Passover times: the JTA reported today that an Arab teenager recently won an annual Pesach contest in Israel:
Malek Sharkiyeh, a Muslim ninth-grader from Acco, took the $300 prize this week in a competition by Israel’s ORT school system for Haggadah illustrations.
“The subject of the Haggadah exhilarated me,” Sharkiyeh told [...]
Dayenu!
Posted in Judaism, Pesach, Religion on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you thought that my earlier post spotlighting the Matzah boxer shorts was in poor taste, just take a look at the matzah kitsch below. The matzah toilet seat cover embossed with the words “Let my people go” has got to be a sure sign that Armageddon is close at hand.
(I will say, tho, that [...]
The Boxers of Affliction
Posted in Judaism, Pesach, Religion on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve already gotten started on your Pesach shopping, you might want to grab the latest in seder fashion…
Tam Tam Crisis Looms
Posted in Food, Judaism, Pesach on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This just in: there will be no Tam Tams on your table this Pesach.
You heard me right. Manichewitz recently announced that due to unforeseen delays at their “brand-new, state-of-the-art, computer-controlled” Newark plant, the company has been forced to cut back on several of their matzah products and will not be producing any Tam Tams [...]
Sitting Up Straight at Seder
Posted in Civil Rights, Judaism, Pesach, Religion, Religion/Politics, Spirituality on April 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hope everyone had a wonderful Pesach. Here’s a nice moment from one of my seders:
It was brought to my attention (thanks Lesley Williams!) that the evening of second seder was also the anniversary of MLK’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech (which he delivered in Memphis the night before he was assassinated.) We read it [...]
