{"id":435658,"date":"2010-03-16T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogs.rj.org,2010:\/rac\/\/2.2567"},"modified":"2010-03-16T11:20:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T15:20:57","slug":"pesach-a-season-for-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/435658","title":{"rendered":"Pesach: A Season for Social Justice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Passover is coming, and it&#8217;s a perfect time to engage in social justice advocacy and awareness while remembering the story of our slavery in Egypt. <\/p>\n<p>Each year during the Seder we read, &#8220;Let all who are<br \/>\nhungry come and eat.&#8221; This Pesach, the organized Jewish community &#8211; including the RAC, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and Mazon &#8211; want to help you raise anti-poverty and anti-hunger awareness during your traditional Passover Seder.<br \/>\nYou can:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><o:p><\/o:p><span style=\"\"><\/span>Incorporate<br \/>\nelements of the Child Nutrition Seder using the Religious Action Center&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dtPUIs\">easy<br \/>\none-pager<\/a> at any time during your Seder<span style=\"\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dtPUIs\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Host a Child<br \/>\nNutrition Seder using the Jewish Council for Public Affairs&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/aSVyJU\">special Haggadah&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoPlainText\">\n<p>        Help release the shackles of hunger that bind our children and<br \/>\nprevent them from achieving their full potential. You can learn more by visiting our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rj.org\/mt-static\/html\/www.rac.org\/childnutrition\">Child Nutrition Seder page<\/a><br \/>\nor by contacting RAC Legislative Assistant <a href=\"mailto:dgoodman@rac.org\">David Goodman<\/a> at 202-387-2800.<\/p>\n<p>Still yearning for more social justice in your Passover celebrations? On March 23, 2010, from 3-4:00pm EDT, join us for a<br \/>\nPassover webinar, &#8220;The Long Road to the Promised Land: Social Justice<br \/>\nPerspectives on Home Seders.&#8221; Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, URJ Worship Specialist, and<br \/>\nNaomi Abelson, URJ Social Action Specialist, will explore ideas for deepening the<br \/>\nexperience and raising the consciousness of those gathered around your Seder<br \/>\ntable. <a href=\"http:\/\/urj.org\/learning\/meetings\/webinars\/?syspage=article&amp;item_id=35360\">Learn more and register<\/a> now. <\/p>\n<p>Want even <i>more <\/i>Passover resources? Visit the RAC&#8217;s<br \/>\nPassover page<a href=\"http:\/\/rac.org\/pubs\/holidayguides\/passover\"><\/a><br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/urj.org\/holidays\/pesach\">the URJ&#8217;s Passover page<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll find a virtual Seder plate, a Darfur-themed Haggadah, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passover is coming, and it&#8217;s a perfect time to engage in social justice advocacy and awareness while remembering the story of our slavery in Egypt. Each year during the Seder we read, &#8220;Let all who are hungry come and eat.&#8221; This Pesach, the organized Jewish community &#8211; including the RAC, the Jewish Council for Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}