Freedom Seder: American Judaism and Social Justice

Freedom Seder: American Judaism and Social Justice

Judaism, Freedom Seder

Freedom Seder: American Judaism and Social Justice explores a landmark event in American religious life: the 1969 creative, interfaith interpretation of the traditional Passover ritual. This re- imagined performance of an ancient celebration used as its guiding text Arthur Waskow’s civil rights Haggadah, a rewritten version of the book traditionally associated with this ritual. The event took place in a turbulent historical context—on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. —and served as an important precursor to what has become a common American Jewish practice, rewriting the Passover text to emphasize the connections between Judaism and social justice. The exhibit also explores the careers and contributions of Arthur Waskow and Leah Novick, two influential American rabbis and activists.

Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections, a joint effort of the Libraries and the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder

Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections

Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections, a joint effort of the Libraries and the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder

Original Exhibit: 2015

Digital Exhibit: 2017

2015 Embodied Judaism Exhibit curated by Moshe Kornfield, Scott Meyer, Elias Sacks, and Stephanie Yuhas. Exhibit design by Andrew Violet in 2015. Digital exhibit coordination by Jane Thaler in 2017.

The curators would like to thank the Bender Family Foundation, the Jim and Diane Shneer Endowed Fellowship Fund, the University of Colorado Libraries, and CU Boulder’s Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of Ethnic Studies, Department of History, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Women and Gender Studies, and Program in Jewish Studies and its many generous donors.

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Digiital Exhibition

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