We met, metaphorically, on the far side of the sea of reeds, trying to breathe after acts of horrible violence, unsure what more violence might be coming. Pulling from the metaphors of Pesach, we felt the danger and risk of our own age, but still paused to set down worry, fear, and fury so we could hold joy, hope, and resistance.
Itsik Kittila led a torah study about the “erev rav,” the “mixed multitude” that left Egypt alongside the Hebrews, and launched us into a long and deep conversation about the necessity and struggles of organizing within mixed multitudes.
Songs included:
Batya Levine’s Ani l’dodi – listen on youtube
Susan Rothbaum’s “Remember”
Ed McCurdy’s anti-war classic “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream,” which we set to an Adon Olam tune. Revisit the original at Smithsonian Folkways. (note – we have changed the line ” a roomful of men” to “in every hand a pen.”)
