Four Questions for LGBTQ+ Liberation Bring these alternative four questions — and answers — to your seder table.
“How Aren’t You?” Collaging Liberatory Futures If you were to create a zine telling the story of this current moment and how we all got free, what would it include?
Frankenstein’s Matzah: An Interview with Author K. Marcus A conversation with K. Marcus, author of Frankenstein's Matzah, first Jewish picture book to feature a nonbinary main character.
The Traditional and Radical Queer Haggadah I Wanted Didn’t Exist — So I Wrote It Myself Gabriella Spitzer has added a wonderful queer haggadah to our canon, and Keshet wants you to know about it!
Dayeinu – Being LGBTQ+ and Enough Adapted from "Ma Nishtana - A LGBTQ+ and Ally Haggadah," this version of Dayeinu centers the struggles of LGBTQ people.
Updated! An Orange on the Seder Plate Add an orange to your seder plate to honor the LGBTQ+ and feminist Jewish history and future.
Exploring Gender Through Counting the Omer A guide to counting the Omer, including meditations and blessings in feminine, masculine, and nonbinary Hebrew.
Ma Nishtana – A GLBTQ + Ally Haggadah A complete LGBTQ+ themed Passover haggadah, co-created by Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael and others, following the traditional structure of the Seder.
Different from All Other Nights: A Queer Passover Haggadah Compiled and with original readings by Rabbi Nikki Lyn DeBlosi, PhD, this haggadah was originally created for use at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU.
Arami Oved Avi: A Family Coming Out Journey A Passover Haggadah insert about the story of one person's coming out journey.
None Are Free Until All Are Free: A Seder Ritual About the Struggle for Civil Rights of Same-Sex Couples A ritual to add to the Passover seder about marriage equality.
Song of the Season: Gevurah (Strength) by Molly Bajgot Listen to this beautiful song to get into the Pesach spirit!
Recognizing All Our Children Supplement your seder discussion of the Four Children with this activity to encourage all voices to be heard.
Passover: Festival of Binaries "All the binary distinctions enforced at Passover are similarly hard to maintain." An excerpt from Joy Ladin's book, The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective.
Queering the Seder Webinar and Conversation On this Zoom discussion we came together for a pre-Passover schmooze with the Keshet team, and to hear about our favorite ways to make the Seder as queer as can be! We also took some time to hear from our community about their favorite Passover resources so we could prepare to celebrate!
The narrow place/Mitzrayim of gender Essay by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, a cis and straight ally dedicated to trans liberation. Though written in 2006 the message rings true today.
The Telling Alone is Not Enough (Pesach) This Torah Queery reminds us that on Pesach, we are obligated to think of ourselves as having personally come out of Egypt.
Returning to Mitzrayim (Parashat Acharei Mot) This Torah Queery looks at the link between Passover and Yom Kippur.
Pesach Sheni and Gay Marriage? (Parashat Behaalotcha) This Torah Queery draws an analogy between the celebration Pesach Sheni (second Passover) and the allowance of LGBTQ marriage
People of the Question (Parashat Ki Tissa) This Torah Queery reminds us of the importance of questioning, an act central to Judaism.
Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?: Pharaoh the Plagues and His Mutinous Magicians (Parashat Vaera) A Torah Queery reflecting on the tension between powerful rulers and abuses of power.