On April 12, 2026, Ira Manhoff shared with the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition a way to celebrate Passover that is not contaminated by ideologies that, in his opinion, distort what it really means to be a Jew.
I have always been an activist, be it during the AIDS crisis with ACTUP NY, in my union demanding health coverage for same sex couples , helping defend womens health clinics from anti choice protests and fighting attempts to label anti-Zionism as antisemitism. I have never felt more Jewish as I stand with Palestinians in their fight for justice.
Ira Manhoff, Elmira, NY
“…a Freedom Seder should be not only a ritual remembrance, not only a shared promise for the future, but itself a political act”
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (1933 – 2025)
See also: Eliza Salamon. The 1970 Freedom Seder and its Aftermath. 16 Oct 2024. April Online.
Download a copy of the Freedom Haggadah.