MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SEDER

Overview

The Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum are partnering with the ISJL to offer a program sharing Mississippi stories and traditions from each institution. The hour-long participatory program will feature rituals, readings, songs, and food, called a seder. It will be followed by a dinner. All are welcome and invited to join us in honoring this historic tradition.

Inspired by the original 1969 Freedom Seder, where hundreds of people of all backgrounds gathered to explore and celebrate freedom in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, this communal event invites participants to the Passover table for an evening of commemoration, stories, and community exploration.

Passover is an eight-day Jewish holiday, referred to as the “festival of freedom.” Passover celebrates the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt. Seders celebrate freedom from bondage and oppression, providing a shared communal celebration.