I found this article really fascinating, in relating to our discussion of the Americanizing of the Hagaddah on Monday. Apparently, the very first 'Freedom Seder' (a term coined specifically in regards to Seders that have tell not only the Exodus story but include a message of Black American liberation ) was created by Arthur Waskow in 1969-inspired by the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Read more for details! Personally, I helped put on a few Freedom Seders for a wide interfaith community through the Jewish Community Relations Council in San Francisco. They can be really powerful!
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Great find Laura! I was really impressed at R. Waskow's presence and how engaging the seder looked. An interesting project would be seders as a point of interfaith connection (Freedom Seders, issues with "Christian seders," inviting other communities to synagogue seders, etc.)
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