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Online Resources for Hosting Inclusive Virtual Seders

Digital Haggadahs

Downloadable Resources to Incorporate into Your Seder and During Passover

Cookbooks and Recipes

Hardcopy Resources

Online Resources on Hosting Inclusive Virtual Seders

• Virtual Passover Resources for Kids by 18Doors. Fun and creative ways to celebrate each day.
• Tips for Interfaith Families: How To Make a Seder Inclusive by 18Doors (not specific to virtual seders, but good interfaith family specific information).
• Seder Plate Substitutions During Coronavirus Quarantine by 18Doors
• Nine Steps to a Kick-Ass Virtual Seder by JewBelong
• Virtual Passover Hosting Resources from Seder2020/OneTable
• How to Host a Virtual Passover Seder, written by a virtual community organizer at Hey Alma.
• Celebrate Passover How to Plan a Fun, Simple Seder, by Ellen Zimmerman of Jewish Holidays in a Box.
• Passover Audio Tutorial, by Ellen Zimmerman of Jewish Holidays in a Box. Hear Ellen explain the parts of the seder and follow along in your own Haggadah.
• How to Make Your Virtual Seder Lively, Engaging, and Meaningful. Created by the staff of the Union for Reform Judaism.
• 2 For Seder. Tips and tools for hosting your virtual seder; including the 4 questions in 5 different languages.

Digital Haggadahs (Haggadot)

You can make your own Haggadah at Haggadot.com! Or, check out these, free to download:

• Haggadot.com. You can download a ready-made haggadah or create your own. You can even collaborate with family or friends virtually.
• JewBelong Free Haggadah download. Great for anyone who wants a fun, non-traditional, simple, short, easy seder. We love it because of the blessing for interfaith families at the beginning!
• PJ Library. Free Haggadah download. Great for a more traditional seder with young children.
• JewishBoston. Free Haggadah download. Features a detailed leader’s guide to help you host a seder, plus thoughtful discussion questions and modern takes on classic seder elements.
• Kveller. Free Haggadah download, also geared toward families with young children.
• Jewish Grandparents Network. Free Haggadah download. This 10 minute Haggadah was written for multi-generational virtual seders and is geared to kids 5 and up. It distills the seder to its essence and doesn’t require any ritual items or previous knowledge of Passover.
• Barenblatt, Rachel, ed. The Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah for Pesach.
  A non-denominational haggadah with a lot of readings in English, transliterations for Hebrew text and good jumping-off points for discussion.
• HIAS. Free Haggadah download. Download the HIAS Haggadah to include a deeper exploration of the global refugee crisis in your Seder this year.
• LabShul. Free Haggadah download. An everybody friendly Haggadah.

These Haggadot are also available for purchase and can be electronically downloaded:

• Hoffman, Lawrence A., and David Arnow. My People’s Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries Volumes 1 and Volume 2. Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008.
• Silberman, and Ozeri. The Jewish World Family Haggadah: With Photographs by Zion Ozeri. Akron, Ohio: I Books, 2005. This glossy haggadah is beautifully illustrated with photographs that show Jewish diversity.

Downloadable Resources to Incorporate into Your Seder and During Passover

• Raphael, Geela Rayzel. Five Interfaith Passover Readings You Can Add to Your Haggadah. 18Doors.
• Jordan Namerow. The Four Children and Covid-19. A conversation for your seder table.
• Jewish Holidays in a Box. Passover Seder Steps. A visual for kids to follow.
• Jewish Holidays in a Box. 5 Super-Simple, Kid-Friendly Passover Breakfasts and Lunches. Ideas and recipes to help feed little mouths during Passover.

Cookbooks and Recipes

• Schulman, Zell. Passover Seders Made Simple. New York: Wiley, 2001.
  A cookbook and guide to planning the menu at your seder.
• Wasserman, Debra. No Cholesterol Passover Recipes. Baltimore, Md.: Vegetarian Resource Group, 1995. A vegan Passover cookbook that conforms to strict Ashkenazi Passover kashrut guidelines.
• 18Doors Passover Recipes. Check out all the fun Passover recipes 18Doors has complied over the years.
• Ruth’s Mix from JewBelong. A way to welcome everyone to your Seder table, and honor the growing diversity of the Jewish people.

Hard Copy Resources

Note: These resources are only available in hard copy, so may be hard to find this year prior to Passover due to COVID-19.

How-To Guides

• Arnow, David. Creating Lively Passover Seders: An Interactive Sourcebook of Tales, Texts & Activities .Woodstock: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004.
• Kay, Alan Abraham, and Jo Kay. Make Your Own Passover Seder: A New Approach to Creating a Personal Family Celebration. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Other Haggadahs We Like

• Elwell, Sue Levi. The Open Door: A Passover Haggadah. New York: Central Conference Of American Rabbis, 2007. A Reform movement haggadah that is available as a book for purchase.
• Dishon, David, and Noam Zion. A Different Night, The Family Participation Haggadah. Albuquerque, N.M.: Shalom Hartman Institute, 1997. This non-denominational haggadah is comprehensive, and makes a good source for reading and study.
• Codor, Liora, and Richard Codor. Richard Codor’s Joyous Haggadah: A Children and Family Cartoon Haggadah for Passover Seder. New York: Loose Line Productions, Inc., 2008. A children’s haggadah with lively pictures.
• Congregation Beth Adam. Beth Adam – The Seder: A Contemporary Haggadah. New York: Congregation Beth Adam, 2006.
  A non-theistic, humanist seder that contains most of the traditional rituals but no mention of God.
• Silberman, and Ozeri. The Jewish World Family Haggadah: With Photographs by Zion Ozeri. Akron, Ohio: I Books, 2005. This glossy haggadah is beautifully illustrated with photographs that show Jewish diversity.
• Levitt, Joy, and Michael Strassfeld. A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah. Elkins Park, Pa.: Reconstructionist Press, 1999. A good haggadah for children and newcomers.
• Newhouse, Alana. The Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times. Artisan, 2020. A good haggadah for children and newcomers.

The Guide to Passover for Interfaith Families is also available in a beautiful PDF

Know of a resource that’s great for interfaith couples and families that we should consider including? Let us know by emailing us at editor@18oors.org!