Pesach

this is my favorite Jewish holiday for two reasons. one, it involves a lot of food and a long time at the dinner table. two, it is entirely about liberation from slavery and oppression and is completely relevant to our times. we sit around the table and torture ourselves by waiting to eat, taking time to talk about the importance of freedom for all people. when we are delirious from hunger and singing, we finally let loose and stuff our faces with food and drink, being thankful and appreciating the life and friends that surround us.

a great punk rock passover Haggada
here is a section from the Haggada intro:

Today, as the U.S. has begun/intensified yet another war on poor folks of
color overseas and at home, we are all feeling the need for some cultural,
spiritual and personal healing. And as the U.S.-backed Israeli war on
Palestine continues, many of us American Jews continue to struggle with
how to resist the horror of what is done in our name, while also holding
dear our Jewish identities. We struggle with how to heal from the centuries
of violence our families have carried, in order to be better allies to others
and ourselves. As the U.S. Jewish establishment swings further to the right,
allying with Christian fundamentalists and warmongers, we refuse to give
up our vision of a liberatory Judaism. We refuse to give up the right to
engage with, transform and reclaim our traditions, and to create the loving
and inclusive cultures we know they can be. And we refuse to do this
alone.

This is one of the reasons we have poured ourselves into creating this
haggadah: as a tool to help build loving, justice-seeking communities of
Jews and allies who will gather around the table and eat, work as agitators
for everyone’s liberation, rock our traditions with our love and be our truly
freaky selves.

This process of cultural transformation is itself an ancient Jewish tradition.
“More than 3500 version of the Haggadah have been published since the
13th century, when the first one appeared in book form.”(32) We have
drawn from many haggadot in the compilation of this text. These sources
were inspiring and gorgeous, and we offer our deepest thanks to everyone
whose words we have included. Many haggadot we referenced were
themselves xeroxed compilations from other works. We have tried to give
credit as best we could, and offer our sincere apologies to anyone whose
name is not listed.

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and speaking of rebelious jews, here is a link to Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book. It's interesting to see how things have changed since the 70s.