okay so the thing is like…i looked up the Jewdas’ haggadah, because I recognized this as being from The Fucking Haggadah, and to Jewdas’ (very small) credit they A.) only used TFH for part of their haggadah (at least in 2015 anyways) and B.) did not use the Fucking Haggadah’s english translations for the blessing, because TFH’s translation reads as follows:
someone recommended I use the “fun” TFH haggadah and anyways needless to say I Was Not Doing That.
The worst part of the Jewdas Haggadah I linked is it runs the polar extremes of talking about say, black lives matter and the conflict, but then also like…using irreverent and crude humor from TFH that feels fundamentally dissonant because there’s no serious attempt to mesh the two.
Like literally, here’s how it goes:
[1] We have olives on our seder plate to show solidarity with the Palestinians in their struggle for
freedom. When we dip in salt water tonight to symbolise the tears of oppressed people, we
think of their tears in particular.
[Blessing of fruits of the earth, and the Orange on the seder plate bit here]
[2] KARPAS (weed)
It’s finally fucking spring. Allergies are destroying our faces. It’s
getting humid. BUT AT LEAST IT’S FUCKING SPRING. It’s
hopeful, damnit. The karpas reminds us of that hope. So does
weed.
Alright, here comes a weird Jewy thing. We now dip the karpas in
salt water because tears taste salty. We are drinking the tears that our homies cried when they were slaves in Egypt. Yeah, it’s weird,
fuck you. It’s so we never forget how shitty it is to not be in control
of our own lives and potential. Don’t forget about their pain.
Drinking tears is fucking metal.
[Blessing]
[3] Dipping the karpas is a sign of luxury and freedom. The saltwater represents the tears of
our ancestors in Mitzrayim. This year may it also represent tears of Black
parents and families mourning the loss of their Black youth at the hands
of police brutality. (From the black lives matter supplement)
It goes from “we think of the tears of palestinians,” to like “karpas is weed and salt water is the tears our homies cried and drinking tears is fucking metal,” to “the tears may also represent black families mourning those lost at the hands of police brutality.”
ABSOLUTELY NO COHESION.
point against the Jewdas’ haggadah: at least the straight TFH text seems to maintain the same level of ridiculousness and keeps it entirely about the Jewish community (so that serious and important issues are not stifled by “jokes”).
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