Haggadot and Passover Resources for 2018 - Avodah

Avodah has collected the following Haggadot and Passover resources from our partners and allies in our social justice work. Please use these materials to help foster dialogue, lead prayers, and foster community during this holiday of liberation.

Haggadot:

Hunger Seder Haggadah (MAZON)

Global Justice Haggadah (AJWS)

1969 Freedom Seder (Shalom Center)

Freedom Seder for the Earth (Shalom Center)

Black Lives Matter Haggadah (JFREJ)

Let all who are hungry come and eat: The Child Nutrition Seder (Jewish Council on Public Affairs)

Love and Justice Haggadah (Jews for Racial and Economic Justice)

Immigrant Justice Freedom Seder (Jewish Council on Urban Affairs)

Exploring Common Ground (African American Task Force Seder, Milwaukee)

The Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Passover (Rabbi Rachel Barenblat)

The Stonewall Seder (Congregation B’nai Jeshurun Marriage Equality Hevre)

The Wandering is Over Haggadah (Jewish Women’s Archive)

Refugee Haggadah

DC Alumni Haggadah (compiled by Julia Kann)

GLBT Passover Haggadah (Hebrew Union College)

Earth Justice Haggadah (COEJL, RAC, Interfaith Power and Light)

Rituals and Supplements

General:

Jewish Resistance Supplement (JFREJ)

Four Responses to Unacceptable Times (Bend the Arc)

Passover Social Justice Resources (Jewish Social Justice Network- with a portion by Avodah “Disobeying Authority”, pg. 11)

A Passover Exercise Idea (David Wolkin)

Bread of Affliction (RAC)

Four Questions of Social Justice (AJWS)

Four Children (RAC)

Four People (Repair the World and Jewish Multiracial Network)

The Modern Plagues of Conflict Minerals (RAC)

The Plagues of Malaria (RAC)

Elijah’s Cup (RAC)

Four Cups of Wine – or Five! (RAC)

Additions to the Seder Plate (RAC)

Many Ways to Tell Our Story (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance)

Jewish History and Culture

Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Haggadah Supplement

Kid-Friendly:

BimBam.com, Interactive videos for ages 3-10
Seder for Young Children haggadah
I Left With Moses, Interactive videos for ages 8-12
Hiddenness and Redemption, An interactive Yachatz for ages 10-adults
Abuelita’s Secret Matzahs, a book about ancestry, secrets we keep, and traditions we hold dear
Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim, a book about overcoming fear
The Longest Night, a poetic perspective on the Exodus from a young girl’s point of view
Afikomen Mambo, a book and song for young children about finding the afikomen
The Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Passover (Rabbi Rachel Barenblat)

Refugees

HIAS supplement

Immigration

For We Were Strangers: An Immigration Supplement (Jewish Funds for Justice)
The Immigration Crisis (Jewish Social Policy Action Network)
Haggadot insert: Not Only Them But Us (Chicago Jewish Justice Circle)

Food Justice

5th Question: Why do we tolerate leaders who seem more intent on demeaning poor people than trying to fix the problem of hunger? (MAZON)
Joseph and Food Aid: Motivations and Impacts (On1Foot and Pursue)
Food and Justice Haggadah Supplement (Uri L’Tzedek)

Gender and Sexuality

Miriam’s Cup

Inspiration and Commentary:

The Ten Plagues of Domestic Poverty (Avodah)
Domestic Worker’s Rights: A Matter of Ethics
Passover Social Justice Resources (Jewish Social Justice Network- with a portion by Avodah “Disobeying Authority”, pg. 11)
From Liberation to Freedom: A Passover Source book(Avodah and AJWS)
Wine of Joy, Wine of Conscience (Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life)
Freedom Seder, Freedom Shabbat: Ending Modern Day Slavery (National initiative of ‘Not For Sale’ and the Jewish Abolitionist Movement)
Top Ten Ways to Make Your Seder Not Suck (Jewcy.com)
Judy Chicago’s ‘Dinner Party’ as a Passover Seder(Jewcy.com)
From the Classic to the Newfangled: Haggadahs for Seders of Every Shape, Size, and Stripe (Tablet)
Passover Resource Page (Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies)
Passover – The Story, The Seder, The Celebration (Jewish Theological Seminary)
Freedom Torah – Passover Teachings from the JTS Torah Commentary Archives (Jewish Theological Seminary)
Pesach Resources (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)
Celebrate Passover Through Study and Innovative Traditions (Hebrew Union College)
Rodef Shalom Seder, Social Justice Seder, and The Educators’ Seder (Pardes)