Comments on: If There Is No Sedar, Is It Really Passover?

By: @CuriousDina

@CuriousDina — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:15:09 +0000

We absolutely do come in every color- I’m proof of that. I’ll admit feeling guilty that our president had time to make a seder and I didn’t but what’s life without a little guilt?

I don’t do organized public seders anymore because my presence seems to upstage the event, and I get tired of explaining to well-meaning folks that a)yes, I am Jewish; and b)no, I’m an not Ethiopian nor did I convert. And, frankly,now that I’m at a certain age matzo does strange things to my body. However, I do miss the 4 cups…

By: tokenblogger

tokenblogger — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:45:55 +0000

Crap. That was me. For some reason the upsidedownness doesn’t work in some blogging software…

By: ????olqu??o?

????olqu??o? — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:43:30 +0000

I wunder if there was an orange slice on the Obama Seder Plate?

By: byjane

byjane — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:12:04 +0000

Oooooooh, Laura…wow! What an insight. I love it. Thanks!!!

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:45:20 +0000

I didn’t have a seder this year either, but my excuse was that I was travelling with older daughter. I did make pot roast and kugel when I returned home. I thought of doing a late seder, but now I am out of the mood after having made matzoh brie a few times. Last year they were with their father and I had a seder by myself–drinking sparkling wine is a nice way to get through the four cups.

But onto a comedy writing seminar instead of a seder. Maybe the phrase “next year in Jerusalem” and all the talk of freedom has freed you to use this time to work on where you want to be next year and that is as fulfilling as reading about being free from bondage.

Happy Passover.

By: byjane

byjane — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:26:46 +0000

Could I really? I’m starting to have awful LA yearning pangs again…. Watched Southland tonight and actually felt homesick!

By: merlotmom

merlotmom — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:03:22 +0000

I didn’t have a seder this year but if I had had one, you could’ve plotzed here.

By: byjane

byjane — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:32:25 +0000

Joanna: Turns out the President has a rabbi in the family! Michelle’s cousin is a rabbi in Chicago. There was an article on him in the NYTimes last week. WE’RE EVERYWHERE! AND WE COME IN EVERY COLOR!