A Seder That Also Tells The Story Of Labor
By Patricia Simms / Jewish Daily Forward / April 27, 2011
Madison, Wis. -- How was the special seventh-night Seder at the University of Wisconsin's Hillel Foundation different from all other Seders?
Well to start with, the plague of boils became exploding landfills and destroyed wetlands defacing the earth. The plague of locusts, featuring insects traveling in a swarm? The symbol of a state public transportation system pulverized.
Traditionalists might scoff at such adaptations of the Passover meal. But some 30 battle-hardened labor activists and members of the Jewish community took to the changes without blinking as they gathered near ground zero of labor's battle against government efforts to curb collective bargaining rights.
At the "Labor Seder" held on April 25, the traditional text was rewritten to reflect the past three months of protests against the efforts of Republican Governor Scott Walker to dilute collective bargaining rights for public employees.
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