Event

Freedom Seder

On That Very Day
New York
April 19, 2019
The night of the first seder

All who are hungry come and eat
any time after 7 PM
Support the struggle of all oppressed people to be free.
And speaking of free, there will be no charge.
If you want to bring food or drink, great.
If you want to make a donation, beautiful. Just come. You'll be welcome

Warsaw
April 19, 1943
the night of the first seder
the last chapter of the Jewish armed struggle in the Warsaw Ghetto begins
If you have no plans for the first seder night please join us. This will not be a formal seder, so don't expect one. Have something to eat, have a drink, schmooze, There will be no restrictions or rules, except not to infringe on anyone else's celebratory impulses. Sing Khad Gadyo if you like, or Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Phil Ochs or The Beatles. Quote the Haggadah, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, or Lao Tzu, eat matzo or bread.

From The Ghetto Fights by Marek Edelman
You can read the entire, remarkable eyewitness account here.
...during the Easter Holidays of 1940, pogroms lasting several days were instigated. The German Air Corps engaged Polish hoodlums for 4 zloty per "working day"... On the fourth day the Bund militia carried out revenge actions. Four major street battles resulted...Comrade, Bernard Goldsztejn commanded all of these battles from his hide-out.It was...our determined stand that momentarily checked the Germans' activities and went on record as the first Jewish act of resistance."