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Why is this Passover Seder an invitation to imagine better futures?

JL;DR SUMMARY Passover is more than a remembrance of liberation; it serves as a participatory framework for imagining Jewish futures. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionsPassoverHopeSederCollective MemoryDayenuSymbolismTransformationFuture GenerationsEmpathic Imagination

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Jerusalem, Israel
"The Hagaddah doesnt end with the conclusion of the exodus story but with the hopeful phrase Next year in Jerusalem."

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