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Tips for a justice-centered Passover Seder

Tips for a justice-centered Passover Seder

by Jewish Center for Justice | Apr 13, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Featured, Ideas, Immigration, JCJ Blog, Judaism, LGBTQ

During our Passover Seder, we retell the story of our ancestors’ movement from enslavement to a free people. Our Israelite forebears endured generations of cruelty and oppression until God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush and our Exodus story...
Need Passover Resources? JCJ has you covered.

Need Passover Resources? JCJ has you covered.

by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 25, 2021 | Cohorts, Events, Featured, JCJ Blog, Judaism

Matzah prep, the JCJ way No Yeast? No Worries! Last year, JCJ’s Legislative Fellowship Director Elias Chajet and his wife, Michelle Blumenthal, created an easy and delicious 18-minute Matzah Recipe. Watch the video and try it out for yourself! Recommended Haggadot and...
JCJ’s Justice Guide to Passover

JCJ’s Justice Guide to Passover

by Jewish Center for Justice | Mar 24, 2021 | Anti-Semitism, Children, Economic Justice, Events, Featured, Ideas, JCJ Blog, Judaism

Each Passover we are instructed that in every generation each person should see themselves as if they were freed from bondage in Egypt. In so doing, we remind ourselves that there are many who still face grave injustices in our society. Whether or not you sit at a...

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