Speak From Cheryl Kurash PhD Setauket, New York. I am the lucky owner of a copy of the Private Edition of The Santa Cruz Haggadah and I am writing you with feedback on its opening appearance at our household. It is a sensible and creative blending of traditional and current consciousness, of social and personal, of 'I' and 'Thou,' and it creates a Seder that offers direct personal meaning, solemnity and humor. Our household consists of people from Conservative to Reform Hebraic backgrounds, with consciousness ranging from expanded to, well, just beginning.
Several members prefer to skip the ceremony entirely and to get right down to the eating.
This year, however, we spent more time than ever before in the activities of reading, reflecting, singing, sharing and meditating. The feedback I have gotten has been incredible. People have been moved. People have re-evaluated their perceptions of Judaism as a result of participating in the e Seders. I look forward with excitement to the next Seder.