The Journey Continues: The Ma'yan Passover Haggadah [Paperback]

Tamara R. Cohen (Editor), Deborah L. Friedman (Editor), Suelevi Elwell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

The Journey Continues: The M'ayan Passover Haggadah is a celebration of a vibrant Judaism that draws its strength from being fully inclusive of women and women's roles in Jewish history, ritual life and community leadership. Designed to create a Passover seder that is thoroughly enjoyable, participatory and educational, the haggadah weaves songs, poetry and readings that are both traditional and new. Special features include: gender neutral English blessings; Hebrew blessings in both traditional form and in feminist G-d language; transliterated Hebrew; music by composer/singer Debbie Friedman.

Editorial Reviews

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"Here is a Pesach feast that women (and men) can feel is truly ours. Its new songs and poems, interleaved with familiar texts, are a special gift. The multiple voices in this remarkable, collaborative haggadah allow us to hear in their own words what Jewish women have had to say for themselves over the centuries, reminding us that the message of Passover is liberation."

Susan Weidman Schneider, Editor-in-Chief of LILITH, The Independent Jewish Women's Magazine, and author of Jewish and Female.

-- Publisher Comments

About the Author

Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project envisions a Jewish community fully inclusive of women and is committed to making this vision a reality. To this end, Ma'yan serves as a catalyst for change and a resource for changemakers in the Jewish community.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ma'yan Jewish Women's Project (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879045745
• ISBN-13: 978-1879045743
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,775,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB!, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Journey Continues : The Ma'yan Passover Haggadah (Paperback)

As a Jew and a committed feminist, I thought I knew everything there was to know about feminist seders. Boy (Girl!), was I wrong! This hagadah is brilliant. It is beautiful to look at, it is filled with creative innovations that build on Jewish tradition while at the same time transforming it, and it takes social action seriously -- throughout the book there are boxes inviting the reader to do something and get involved. My family is used to a more traditional seder, so I wouldn't use this book as our only hagadah -- I absolutely will cut and paste from it to make our seder a richer experience. I am so excited for my daughters to grow up in a world where this kind of stuff is commonplace.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled with unique language, stories and activities, April 3, 2003

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Larry Mark "editor of MyJewishBooks.com" (nyc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Journey Continues : The Ma'yan Passover Haggadah (Paperback)

This engaging hagadah is in Right to Left format. It includes instructions for the additional use of Miriams Cup, tambourines, and an orange. It open with an invocation. It includes voweled Hebrew, English translations, english transliterations, readings, remembrances, commentaries, and explanations, which makes for a great symposium around the table. Shifra and Puah are recalled and given voices. Blessings that traditionally start "baruch ata" are also rendered in the feminine "Birucha at yah", using the innovative god language of "yah" as in "Hallelu-yah". You have the option of using "ruach ha-Olam" instead of "melech ha-olam." Photos from past seders are interspersed in the text. Also includes bios on famous women for the four cups (bella abzug, emma lazarus, szold, leibowitz, etc.). At the back are a couple of pages of addresses for interesting organizations and resources. Only drawback.. Dayenu has just three verses, and not the traditional billions.