The Haggadot of the fake "anti-Zionist" synagogue ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Monday, April 11, 2022

The Haggadot of the fake "anti-Zionist" synagogue

Last week, the membership of Tzedek Chicago, a virtual synagogue that never seems to actually meet, voted to adopt anti-Zionism as a “core value.”

As I noted in January, the synagogue never seems to actually meet. They hold a biweekly Zoom Friday night service, alternating with a virtual candlelighting ceremony. They have a weekly virtual "Torah study" on Saturday morning, but no services. My guess is that it has more members from outside the Chicago area than from within.

Their website does have a "liturgy" section, and of course they have various versions of their anti-Zionist Haggadot.

Their virtual seder this year will be held on the fifth night of Passover, for some reason. Even though they are meeting on the first night of Passover for their Kabbalat Shabbat service (and there is no Kabbalat Shabbat on holiday nights, but Rabbi Brant Rosen must have his reasons...)

Of course, their Haggadah must eliminate all mentions of Israel. In fact, the main text shaves down the Haggadah to a mere three pages.

So we see in the beginning, for Ha Lachma Anya, instead of saying that next year we should be in Israel, we should be in a "just land."

Dayenu cuts out nearly everything, especially its climax about going to Israel, and leaves only three stanzas:

The Hamotzi blessing somehow manages to misspell the last two words:

Perhaps fittingly, the entire handout ends abruptly with the blessing on the bitter herbs.

Obviously, "Next Year in Jerusalem!" is cut out altogether, although rabbi Brant did include it in his 2010 additional readings, to include "Next year in Al Quds!"

The 2018 "haggadah" did add one section, to equate today's Palestinians to the Canaanites: