Where will I be on Oct 27 at 9:47?
I lost my Mother-in-Law, Joyce Fienberg when she was murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA a year ago. This past week, many folks have been asking where my family will be at the one-year mark of the day when our lives shattered. There’s a lot of...
Opportunity for Conversation: Trump’s Loyalty Comments
Trump’s latest comments about Jews and Jewish loyalty is crystal clear to Jews but may not be to our neighbors/roommates/friends of other faiths. This is a PERFECT time to engage in conversation in an intellectual and non-emotional way to fight anti-Semitism in our...
Tisha B’av: Thinking about Resiliency
Jews are resilient. We have had a lot of awful things thrown at us and yet we are able not only to survive, but also to flourish and laugh at ourselves. On August 11th, we will mark Tisha B’av, a day we take to remember the tragedies that have befallen our people,...
2 for Seder 2019 by the Numbers
Thousands participated in almost 1,000 Seders during Passover 2019. There were bridges built with Love and Matzah impacting thousands across almost every state and province. This map shows where you built bridges across two countries. This is a solid...
How to Host 2 for Seder
Thank you for taking on anti-Semitism. Two extra seats around the table make all the difference to help us educate and share our traditions across North America. How do you conduct a Seder where you are pushing back against anti-Semitism? Your goal...
How Can a Dinner Invitation Help Fight Anti-Semitism?
Seder is special. Most Jews think about it as the holiday where we are with our families, celebrating at home. It is also the perfect way to understand what it means to be Jewish – for ourselves and for our guests. There’s something more that compels...
Recipe: Joyce’s Passover Popovers
Here is my Mother-in-Law Joyce’s take on Passover Popovers. They are basically matzah balls magically transformed into light and fluffy popovers – dinner rolls with a big space inside. The pictures are from her own recipe box. While I have never successfully...The Latest from Facebook
We get a lot of questions about 2 for Seder and we want to answer them.
Yesterday Lauren Kline and I started to make our first "homespun" 2 for Seder Q&A videos! You'll see them starting in February...
(What a great pin Lauren!)
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North America today is NOT exactly like Europe in 1933. But this article by Dr. Weinberg points out how critical it is to have a tolerant society - a society that thinks of its minorities as people, not "the Other" who is less than human. This article looks at what happens when that tolerant foundation is missing.
2 for Seder is looking for your help this Spring to create a Jewish-focused interfaith experience this Passover in order to maintain and strengthen (and in some locations build) our tolerant foundation of understanding in North American society for ourselves and our children.
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/auschwitz-bystander-theory.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pg...