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Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder 2024

Members of the UFT Jewish Heritage Committee gathered with family and friends on April 18 at the UFT Brooklyn borough office to celebrate Passover with a labor-rights-themed seder.

 

Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Josie Levine, a UFT retiree and committee member, raises a glass with Jewish Heritage Committee Chair Jason Goldberg.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Tova Itzkovitz, a speech therapist at Urban Assembly for the Performing Arts HS in Manhattan (right), and her guest hold up a copy of the committee’s Haggadah, a text that tells the story of Passover and sets the order of the seder.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

The seder plate is loaded with symbolic dishes that play a part in the ritual, including an orange, a recent addition that represents women’s and LGBTQ rights.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT President Michael Mulgrew addresses the crowd.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members and guests help themselves to gefilte fish.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT Special Representative Andrea Carte (seated, right) and her family smile for the camera.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Keith Karon, a homebound special education teacher, checks out the program for the seder as he enjoys the event.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Bradley Alter, a UFT member representative for middle schools, serves gefilte fish to his fellow UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members.

 

Jonathan Fickies
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Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Josie Levine, a UFT retiree and committee member, raises a glass with Jewish Heritage Committee Chair Jason Goldberg.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Tova Itzkovitz, a speech therapist at Urban Assembly for the Performing Arts HS in Manhattan (right), and her guest hold up a copy of the committee’s Haggadah, a text that tells the story of Passover and sets the order of the seder.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

The seder plate is loaded with symbolic dishes that play a part in the ritual, including an orange, a recent addition that represents women’s and LGBTQ rights.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT President Michael Mulgrew addresses the crowd.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members and guests help themselves to gefilte fish.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

UFT Special Representative Andrea Carte (seated, right) and her family smile for the camera.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Keith Karon, a homebound special education teacher, checks out the program for the seder as he enjoys the event.

 

Jonathan Fickies
Jewish Heritage Committee Labor Seder

Bradley Alter, a UFT member representative for middle schools, serves gefilte fish to his fellow UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members.

 

Jonathan Fickies