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Collected Item: “Jewish Melbourne: Solidarity Seder”

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Jewish Melbourne: Solidarity Seder

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screenshots, haggadah, facebook page

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On Saturday 11 April 2020, a group of Jews from across Australia gathered together on zoom for a 'Solidarity seder'. Organised by people from Here, Queer, and Jewish Australia, Sydney Left Jews, Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), Fully Automated Luxury Kosher Space Kibbutz and Jews against Fascism, this seder raised money for undocumented migrants as well as Grandmothers Against Removals.
Approximately 60 people gathered together, reading through the haggadah together, sharing a meal, and sharing ideas about what Jewish life and possibility looked like in that moment. Everyone agreed that this was a unique and special Jewish space.

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#community, #ritual, #pesach, #zoomseder

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https://ajds.org.au/2020/04/radical-online-seder/; https://www.facebook.com/events/356952331856684/

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Here, Queer, and Jewish Australia, Sydney Left Jews, Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), Fully Automated Luxury Kosher Space Kibbutz and Jews against Fascism

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2020-04-11
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