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 GLBT Haggadah Tells Passover Story Anew Tradition and new rituals merge in an exceptional Haggadah that includes the voices and experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) Jews. Developed by JQ International, a group of GLBT Jews in their twenties and thirties, in collaboration with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Institute for Judaism & Sexual Orientation (IJSO), the GLBT Haggadah is a completely traditional Haggadah infused and integrated through the lens of GLBT and feminist culture. This fully integrated GLBT Haggadah aims to speak to a current generation of GLBT Jews, their families and friends, and all those committed to freedom and liberation Each year at Passover, Jews around the world retell the Jews' exodus from Egypt. The GLBT Haggadah includes new versions of the four children, new plagues, and a fifth question to join the traditional four. The new JQ GLBT Passover Haggadah is available for Passover 2008 - and a PDF version is available at www.huc.edu/ijso. The Haggadah will be featured at the University of Southern California Hillel's seder, led by HUC-JIR rabbinical student Daniel Mikelberg. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
