RSS Feed MenuA FrumForum reader forwards the below invitation. It is truly beyond parody:
Dear Friends,
Diana and I would like to invite you to our Third Annual Non-Zionist Passover Seder, which we are celebrating this year on the fifth night, Friday, April 3rd, at our home. The address will be supplied to those who RSVP. For some people this may mean the third seder in a short period of time; for others, it may be the only one. However – our seder will be different! Why is this seder different from all other seders? Because we concern ourselves with the liberation of all people, not just Jews. Because the service takes a couple of hours, we’re asking people to get here about 5:00 pm. It coincides with Good Friday this year, so hopefully will mean that the day is a holiday for most of us, though it may be the end of the work day for some.
Our seder is both serious (we’re serious about the liberation of the Palestinian people, as well as about the liberation of Jews from being the persecutors of the Palestinians) and fun (we sing silly songs – e.g. A Few of my Passover Things, to the tune of A Few of My Favourite Things; Don’t Sit On the Afikomen, to the tune of Glory, Glory Halleluyah). We eat well (we’re asking everyone to bring something). We enjoy ourselves hugely. Dress is casual and kippot (the little beanies, for those unfamiliar with the word) are not required.
Please RSVP! Diana and I have enough room at our place to accommodate about 18 people at a sit-down meal. So please RSVP ASAP!!! When we reach our limit, we’ll have to turn others away. If you want to bring someone – a spouse, friend or children – let us know. Also, let us know whether or not you or anyone you want to bring is vegetarian. When we have the list of people who want to come, we’ll send more info about food. For those who don’t know, during Passover, many foods are prohibited, especially grains of any kind (which includes flour), legumes, and leavening (yeast and baking powder or soda). No bread, only Matzah, the “bread of affliction,” is allowed. Although Diana and I do not keep Kosher during the rest of the year (we love seafood!), at Passover we try to observe the restrictions. So I’ll be asking you to bring something specific.
We’re looking forward to spending another Passover with our dear friends.
balconesfault // Mar 19, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I’ll pass on the gefelte fish, but I love charoset and always double down on the bitter herbs!
Jews currently vote about 80% Democatic. I wonder what the percentage would be if everyone who really meant it when they say “next year in Israel” actually acted on that pledge?
ottovbvs // Mar 19, 2010 at 3:56 pm
…….Actually all you FrumForumEditors if you were a little better educated and knew a little more history you’d know that some of the leading opponents of the Zionist ideal of the creation of a Jewish state were Jews in Europe like for example Sir Rufus Isaacs, Sir Herbert Samuel or Edwin Montague who were all members of the British govt at the time of the Balfour Declaration…..so anti Zionist Jews are nothing new……this has it’s slightly silly side but reflects some of the unease in the Jewish community here and in Israel (Obama is apparently more popular than their own PM) about the current state of affairs.
amarranazo // Mar 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm
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sinz54 // Mar 20, 2010 at 9:58 am
ottovbs: some of the leading opponents of the Zionist ideal of the creation of a Jewish state were Jews in Europe like for example Sir Rufus Isaacs, Sir Herbert Samuel or Edwin Montague who were all members of the British govt
They may have been opposed to it.
But I’m willing to bet you that they never held Passover Seders in support of the “liberation” of indigenous Third World peoples from the British Empire, like these fools are doing now.