Posted in Holidays, Judaica, Pursuit of Peace on 25 April 2008 | No Comments »
Wouldn’t it be better for all us — Palestinians and Israelis — to be in the mindset of Sinai rather than in the mindset of the Egyptian enslavement? (Jerry Haber, The Magnes Zionist, “Observing Passover When Still Enslaved“ 
Genevieve Sideleau “Covered “, 2006
(Sweater Project Series I)
Making a knitted seder this year was more than [...]
Posted in Holidays, Judaica, Pursuit of Peace, tagged Add new tag on 21 April 2008 | No Comments »
Passover study and preparation certainly has kept my tikkunknitting needles flying. Committed to Passover as a symbol of freedom for any and all of us, as an opportunity to gather, share traditions, and build hope for a peaceful future, my knitted seder table included the basics:
a plate full of the ritual symbols of the holiday, [...]
Posted in Holidays, Judaica on 18 April 2008 | No Comments »
As I researched the iconographical tradition of Elijah’s Cup and the other Passover symbols, I was inspired to use this tikkunknitting project as the point of departure for a broader exploration of the ways in which holiday traditions and meanings are created (and to have another way to delight and teach my youngest niece-let at [...]
Posted in Holidays, Judaica, Knittivism, Peacebuilders, Pursuit of Peace on 17 April 2008 | No Comments »
Chagall, Elijah Touched By An Angel & Elijah Carried Off to Heaven
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to celebrate Passover (Pesach) without discomfort. Initially, the challenge was trying to reconcile historical and archeological knowledge I’d been studying with my Hebrew school education and my life experience at the seder table. I [...]
