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April 18, 2022
https://archive.ph/uUdgx
Earlier this month, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) became the fourth of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump last year to announce his retirement. On Sunday, Upton and NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd discussed the lawmaker’s career and why he is stepping down. Those reasons included the prospect of running in a newly drawn congressional district and the chance to spend more time with his family.
But another factor — and one for which media luminaries such as Todd are partly responsible — went unmentioned: the kid-gloves treatment of those Republicans who weren’t so principled, such as Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
On Friday, CNN released more than 100 text messages from Lee and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), sent between the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. In the election’s immediate aftermath, both Lee and Roy encouraged Trump and his aides to overturn the results.
As Trump and associates such as his attorney Rudy Giuliani beclowned themselves with conspiracy theories, Lee and Roy became more critical of the election subversion efforts. But both men still advocated for conservative lawyer John Eastman’s plan to have Republican-controlled state legislatures submit alternate slates of electoral college delegates and then have Vice President Mike Pence refuse to certify Joe Biden’s win.
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WaPo Op-Ed: Will the media let Sen. Mike Lee go unquestioned?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/17/mike-lee-and-chip-roy-texts/https://archive.ph/uUdgx
Earlier this month, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) became the fourth of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump last year to announce his retirement. On Sunday, Upton and NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd discussed the lawmaker’s career and why he is stepping down. Those reasons included the prospect of running in a newly drawn congressional district and the chance to spend more time with his family.
But another factor — and one for which media luminaries such as Todd are partly responsible — went unmentioned: the kid-gloves treatment of those Republicans who weren’t so principled, such as Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
On Friday, CNN released more than 100 text messages from Lee and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), sent between the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. In the election’s immediate aftermath, both Lee and Roy encouraged Trump and his aides to overturn the results.
As Trump and associates such as his attorney Rudy Giuliani beclowned themselves with conspiracy theories, Lee and Roy became more critical of the election subversion efforts. But both men still advocated for conservative lawyer John Eastman’s plan to have Republican-controlled state legislatures submit alternate slates of electoral college delegates and then have Vice President Mike Pence refuse to certify Joe Biden’s win.
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April 18, 2022
School Board districts across Arizona are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers from one end of the county to the other. Bringing in outside agitators creates chaos in public meetings and protesting curriculums they fear and know nothing about. Their goal is not better education but simple disruption.
Recently from Scottsdale to Litchfield Park to Vail – and soon to other school boards in-between – ‘Purple Parents’ has engaged in shouting matches with elected school board members, attempted to seat rogue board members, and threats of violence. These local insurrectionists follow the script of nationalistic and white supremacists spewed on January 6th against the federal government and Democracy itself.
At the bedrock level of Democracy, our duly elected local school boards are being overrun and threatened by forces seeking no loftier goal than the breakdown of our educational institutions. The forces let loose in Washington, DC, inspire and even organize these grassroots efforts to question our Maricopa County elections and attack local school boards with mobs chanting right-wing conspiracies, racist ideology, and opposition to current health codes.
Purple Parents in violent protest
Failed GOP legislative candidate Forest Moriarty, a Republican precinct committeeman, founded Purple for Parents.
For example, at a recent Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) in-person meeting of the Board of Governors, the policy of requiring masks to protect everyone’s health was demonstrably rejected by numerous attendees. Some of them were identified as from outside the district and brought in to disrupt the meeting. After numerous requests from the board to adhere to the health policy, and with loud objections to the requirement still ringing in the air, the meeting was suspended.
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https://purpleforparentsindiana.com/
PURPLE FOR PARENTS MISSION
Purple for Parents Indiana Inc. informs, advocates, and engages Hoosiers to protect children from harmful agendas saturating the education system. We believe the responsibility of teaching morals and values to children are the parents/caregivers and NOT a government institution. Unfortunately, our children are increasingly influenced by programs designed to separate their beliefs from what is taught in their home and toward a progressive understanding for the sake of social justice. We work to bring awareness of and stop the conditioning/grooming of vulnerable children from all programs including Comprehensive Sexual Education and Social Emotional Learning. We also stand up against the overwhelming leverage the teacher’s unions have over policies and procedures in the schools. We believe transparency along with accountability is crucial in providing all children with exceptional academics. The American Dream is under attack and our children are being used as pawns by a system that no longer puts their best interest first. We need everyone to fight back in order to defend parental rights, innocent children and liberty. We consider our mission to be the civil rights issue of our time!
Please join us, our children and freedom are counting on it!
'Purple Parents' Hate Group Disrupts School Boards Across Arizona (and the US)
https://blogforarizona.net/purple-parents-hate-group-disrupts-school-boards-across-arizona/School Board districts across Arizona are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers from one end of the county to the other. Bringing in outside agitators creates chaos in public meetings and protesting curriculums they fear and know nothing about. Their goal is not better education but simple disruption.
Recently from Scottsdale to Litchfield Park to Vail – and soon to other school boards in-between – ‘Purple Parents’ has engaged in shouting matches with elected school board members, attempted to seat rogue board members, and threats of violence. These local insurrectionists follow the script of nationalistic and white supremacists spewed on January 6th against the federal government and Democracy itself.
At the bedrock level of Democracy, our duly elected local school boards are being overrun and threatened by forces seeking no loftier goal than the breakdown of our educational institutions. The forces let loose in Washington, DC, inspire and even organize these grassroots efforts to question our Maricopa County elections and attack local school boards with mobs chanting right-wing conspiracies, racist ideology, and opposition to current health codes.
Purple Parents in violent protest
Failed GOP legislative candidate Forest Moriarty, a Republican precinct committeeman, founded Purple for Parents.
For example, at a recent Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) in-person meeting of the Board of Governors, the policy of requiring masks to protect everyone’s health was demonstrably rejected by numerous attendees. Some of them were identified as from outside the district and brought in to disrupt the meeting. After numerous requests from the board to adhere to the health policy, and with loud objections to the requirement still ringing in the air, the meeting was suspended.
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https://purpleforparentsindiana.com/
PURPLE FOR PARENTS MISSION
Purple for Parents Indiana Inc. informs, advocates, and engages Hoosiers to protect children from harmful agendas saturating the education system. We believe the responsibility of teaching morals and values to children are the parents/caregivers and NOT a government institution. Unfortunately, our children are increasingly influenced by programs designed to separate their beliefs from what is taught in their home and toward a progressive understanding for the sake of social justice. We work to bring awareness of and stop the conditioning/grooming of vulnerable children from all programs including Comprehensive Sexual Education and Social Emotional Learning. We also stand up against the overwhelming leverage the teacher’s unions have over policies and procedures in the schools. We believe transparency along with accountability is crucial in providing all children with exceptional academics. The American Dream is under attack and our children are being used as pawns by a system that no longer puts their best interest first. We need everyone to fight back in order to defend parental rights, innocent children and liberty. We consider our mission to be the civil rights issue of our time!
Please join us, our children and freedom are counting on it!
April 16, 2022
Quebec became the first jurisdiction in the world Tuesday to explicitly ban oil and gas development in its territory after decades of campaigning by environmental organizations and citizen groups. “Citizens rallied, citizens regrouped and actually won this fight because it was in their backyards … it would have had major impacts on their way of living on the territory,” Émile Boisseau-Bouvier, Équiterre’s climate policy analyst, told Canada’s National Observer.
The newly adopted law will end petroleum exploration and production as well as the public financing of those activities in Quebec. It passed only one week after the federal government approved a new oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador despite a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that found there is no place for new fossil fuel infrastructure in a climate-safe future.
For a jurisdiction within Canada — which is among the top five oil producers worldwide — to forgo the industry as part of its current and future economy immediately after the federal government indicated it will continue to pursue fossil fuel expansion “sends a really powerful signal,” said Caroline Brouillette, national policy manager for Climate Action Network Canada.
Last year, Quebec joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, a group of countries, provinces and states committed to ending new fossil fuel exploration. Membership also means jurisdictions must take action to phase out oil and gas by taking steps like ending fossil fuel subsidies. It is the first member of the alliance to pass legislation ending oil and gas exploration and production.
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Citizens officially win fight to ban oil and gas development in Quebec
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/04/14/news/citizens-officially-win-fight-ban-oil-and-gas-development-quebecQuebec became the first jurisdiction in the world Tuesday to explicitly ban oil and gas development in its territory after decades of campaigning by environmental organizations and citizen groups. “Citizens rallied, citizens regrouped and actually won this fight because it was in their backyards … it would have had major impacts on their way of living on the territory,” Émile Boisseau-Bouvier, Équiterre’s climate policy analyst, told Canada’s National Observer.
The newly adopted law will end petroleum exploration and production as well as the public financing of those activities in Quebec. It passed only one week after the federal government approved a new oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador despite a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that found there is no place for new fossil fuel infrastructure in a climate-safe future.
For a jurisdiction within Canada — which is among the top five oil producers worldwide — to forgo the industry as part of its current and future economy immediately after the federal government indicated it will continue to pursue fossil fuel expansion “sends a really powerful signal,” said Caroline Brouillette, national policy manager for Climate Action Network Canada.
Last year, Quebec joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, a group of countries, provinces and states committed to ending new fossil fuel exploration. Membership also means jurisdictions must take action to phase out oil and gas by taking steps like ending fossil fuel subsidies. It is the first member of the alliance to pass legislation ending oil and gas exploration and production.
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April 16, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) - French students protested outside the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities on Thursday, expressing their disillusionment with the choice on offer at the presidential election, shouting "Neither Macron nor Le Pen".
With 10 days to go before the runoff of a presidential election that pits far-right leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron, the student protests are another sign that the president can no longer count on voters rejecting the far-right en masse.
At the Sorbonne, the epicentre of many French student revolts over the years including the May 1968 uprising, a few hundred gathered on its front square in Paris's Latin quarter.
"We're tired of always having to vote for the less bad of the two, and that's what explains this revolt. Neither Macron nor Le Pen," Anais Jacquemars, a 20-year old philosophy student at the Sorbonne, told Reuters.
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https://twitter.com/VontBien/status/1514563994568347649
https://twitter.com/Giing59/status/1514217944305254404
'Neither Macron nor Le Pen', the rallying cry of disillusioned French students
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/neither-macron-nor-le-pen-rallying-cry-disillusioned-french-students-2022-04-14/PARIS (Reuters) - French students protested outside the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities on Thursday, expressing their disillusionment with the choice on offer at the presidential election, shouting "Neither Macron nor Le Pen".
With 10 days to go before the runoff of a presidential election that pits far-right leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron, the student protests are another sign that the president can no longer count on voters rejecting the far-right en masse.
At the Sorbonne, the epicentre of many French student revolts over the years including the May 1968 uprising, a few hundred gathered on its front square in Paris's Latin quarter.
"We're tired of always having to vote for the less bad of the two, and that's what explains this revolt. Neither Macron nor Le Pen," Anais Jacquemars, a 20-year old philosophy student at the Sorbonne, told Reuters.
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https://twitter.com/VontBien/status/1514563994568347649
https://twitter.com/Giing59/status/1514217944305254404
April 16, 2022
A white nationalist displayed a toddler-like tantrum on his conservative show because he didn’t want to see Black people at the Country Music Awards. Patrick Howley, the right-wing reporter, first proved his ignorance when he failed to recognize one of the award show’s hosts, Anthony Mackie.
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1514245363309457414
“I don’t know who this Black guy is who’s hosting it. It’s supposed to be country music,” the bitter white man said as he showed a clip of the award show to his viewers. “No offense. Y’all have hip-hop, basketball. Just fly with your flock, bro.”
The one-minute clip posted to Twitter captured much more of the white man’s shameless behavior. “The melanated people invented country music!” he said while mocking Black people. “We was making country music in Wakanda before Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard done stole the Black man’s country music!”
Still, the clueless conservative pundit continued to dig himself into a deeper hole. “There were so many Black people there,” he said. “Sorry to say, but so many Black celebrities who have nothing to do with country music and it’s like — why?”
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White Reporter Has Meltdown After Seeing Black People At Country Music Awards: 'It's Not Wakanda'
https://news.yahoo.com/white-reporter-meltdown-seeing-black-184923398.htmlA white nationalist displayed a toddler-like tantrum on his conservative show because he didn’t want to see Black people at the Country Music Awards. Patrick Howley, the right-wing reporter, first proved his ignorance when he failed to recognize one of the award show’s hosts, Anthony Mackie.
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1514245363309457414
“I don’t know who this Black guy is who’s hosting it. It’s supposed to be country music,” the bitter white man said as he showed a clip of the award show to his viewers. “No offense. Y’all have hip-hop, basketball. Just fly with your flock, bro.”
The one-minute clip posted to Twitter captured much more of the white man’s shameless behavior. “The melanated people invented country music!” he said while mocking Black people. “We was making country music in Wakanda before Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard done stole the Black man’s country music!”
Still, the clueless conservative pundit continued to dig himself into a deeper hole. “There were so many Black people there,” he said. “Sorry to say, but so many Black celebrities who have nothing to do with country music and it’s like — why?”
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April 16, 2022
Mehdi Hasan is ripping Elon Musk to shreds on MSNBC atm.
If anyone wishes to watch who is not doing so already.
April 15, 2022
Whether or not Shakespeare was right about all the world being a stage, the seder table on Passover – laden as it is not just with chicken soup but also with many symbolic representations of a larger theme – sure functions like one. The players, as Will would have it, are everyone sitting around the table. And the main prop? That would be the seder plate.
What exactly is a seder plate?
Technically it could be any plate on which you place the key symbolic foods of the seder, but many people use a plate made specifically for the seder, which you can get in just about any store selling Judaica. You only need one per seder, though some people make more for a large seder.
Does it matter where the foods are placed on the plate?
There are different opinions about where each item should be placed, and even how many items should be on the plate. But since seder plates generally label which food goes where, most people just put each item in the designated spot on the plate.
What goes on a seder plate?
There are at least five foods that go on the seder plate: shank bone (zeroa), egg (beitzah), bitter herbs (maror), vegetable (karpas) and a sweet paste called haroset. Many seder plates also have room for a sixth, hazeret (another form of the bitter herbs). All of them are meant to remind us of the primary theme of Passover: the Jewish people’s transition from slavery to freedom. There is generally only a small, symbolic amount of food on the seder plate, with additional dishes of karpas, maror and haroset set out for people to eat from during the seder.
What does each food on the seder plate symbolize?
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What Goes on a Seder Plate
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/what-is-a-seder-plate-1.10703172Whether or not Shakespeare was right about all the world being a stage, the seder table on Passover – laden as it is not just with chicken soup but also with many symbolic representations of a larger theme – sure functions like one. The players, as Will would have it, are everyone sitting around the table. And the main prop? That would be the seder plate.
What exactly is a seder plate?
Technically it could be any plate on which you place the key symbolic foods of the seder, but many people use a plate made specifically for the seder, which you can get in just about any store selling Judaica. You only need one per seder, though some people make more for a large seder.
Does it matter where the foods are placed on the plate?
There are different opinions about where each item should be placed, and even how many items should be on the plate. But since seder plates generally label which food goes where, most people just put each item in the designated spot on the plate.
What goes on a seder plate?
There are at least five foods that go on the seder plate: shank bone (zeroa), egg (beitzah), bitter herbs (maror), vegetable (karpas) and a sweet paste called haroset. Many seder plates also have room for a sixth, hazeret (another form of the bitter herbs). All of them are meant to remind us of the primary theme of Passover: the Jewish people’s transition from slavery to freedom. There is generally only a small, symbolic amount of food on the seder plate, with additional dishes of karpas, maror and haroset set out for people to eat from during the seder.
What does each food on the seder plate symbolize?
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April 15, 2022
Rest assured, when it comes to tea…
….these places have got it in the bag.
https://thenudge.com/features/the-best-afternoon-tea-in-london/
£ (The Least Expensive)
No. 16 | South Kensington
Number 16 (a jewel box of a hotel in South Kensington) has an unbelievably beautiful orangery and garden. And frankly, it would be a crime if they weren’t offering tea here. Thankfully, they do, and it involves pitch-perfect sandwiches; a choice of patisseries; and the option to go for hot chocolate instead of tea.
Details: Served Friday-Sunday, 1-4pm | £35pp | +£13 for a glass of Champagne | Book here
Dalloway Terrace | Bloomsbury
Dalloway Terrace promises to shower you with salmon and creme fraîche sandwiches on cocoa bread; Tahitian vanilla scones; Campari-poached rhubarb tart; and approximately half a meadow’s-worth of flowers overhead.
Details: Served daily 1-4pm | £35pp | +£18-28 for a glass of Champagne | Vegetarian and gluten-free menu available with 24h notice | Book here
Biscuiteers | Notting Hill & Belgravia
Biscuiteers are known for their incredibly detailed, hand-iced biscuits – but now they’re about to be known for their yuzu & lemon meringue tarts; ruby chocolate macarons and hazelnut choux buns, too…
Details: Served daily, 11am-4pm | £35pp | +£6 for a glass of prosecco | Vegan and gluten-free options available | Book here
The Zetter Townhouse | Marylebone & Clerkenwell
Packed with Chesterfield sofas, a roaring fire and a clutch of eccentric Victorian trinkets from candlesticks to stuffed animals; The Zetter Townhouses look like afternoon tea could have been invented there. There’s two menus to pick from; Aunt Wilhelmina’s or Uncle Seymour’s – the former a traditional tea, and the latter a punchy platter of pasties, scotch eggs and sausage & haggis rolls.
Marylebone | Served Wed-Sun, 12-4pm | £39.50pp | +£10 for bubbles or a tea-infused cocktail | Book here
Clerkenwell | Served weekends 12-4.30pm | £39.50pp | +£10 for bubbles or a tea-infused cocktail | Book here
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26 more at the top link
The Best Afternoon Tea In London, For Every Budget
We’ve ventured into London’s most distinguished hotels, grand cafés and secluded courtyards on an unquenchable quest to find the city’s most noteworthy Afternoon Teas. And after several sleepless nights – primarily due to excessive caffeine intake and the sugar shakes – we’ve crafted this fully comprehensive guide (which we’ve also organised by budget, and whether they offer gluten free and / or vegan options).Rest assured, when it comes to tea…
….these places have got it in the bag.
https://thenudge.com/features/the-best-afternoon-tea-in-london/
£ (The Least Expensive)
No. 16 | South Kensington
Number 16 (a jewel box of a hotel in South Kensington) has an unbelievably beautiful orangery and garden. And frankly, it would be a crime if they weren’t offering tea here. Thankfully, they do, and it involves pitch-perfect sandwiches; a choice of patisseries; and the option to go for hot chocolate instead of tea.
Details: Served Friday-Sunday, 1-4pm | £35pp | +£13 for a glass of Champagne | Book here
Dalloway Terrace | Bloomsbury
Dalloway Terrace promises to shower you with salmon and creme fraîche sandwiches on cocoa bread; Tahitian vanilla scones; Campari-poached rhubarb tart; and approximately half a meadow’s-worth of flowers overhead.
Details: Served daily 1-4pm | £35pp | +£18-28 for a glass of Champagne | Vegetarian and gluten-free menu available with 24h notice | Book here
Biscuiteers | Notting Hill & Belgravia
Biscuiteers are known for their incredibly detailed, hand-iced biscuits – but now they’re about to be known for their yuzu & lemon meringue tarts; ruby chocolate macarons and hazelnut choux buns, too…
Details: Served daily, 11am-4pm | £35pp | +£6 for a glass of prosecco | Vegan and gluten-free options available | Book here
The Zetter Townhouse | Marylebone & Clerkenwell
Packed with Chesterfield sofas, a roaring fire and a clutch of eccentric Victorian trinkets from candlesticks to stuffed animals; The Zetter Townhouses look like afternoon tea could have been invented there. There’s two menus to pick from; Aunt Wilhelmina’s or Uncle Seymour’s – the former a traditional tea, and the latter a punchy platter of pasties, scotch eggs and sausage & haggis rolls.
Marylebone | Served Wed-Sun, 12-4pm | £39.50pp | +£10 for bubbles or a tea-infused cocktail | Book here
Clerkenwell | Served weekends 12-4.30pm | £39.50pp | +£10 for bubbles or a tea-infused cocktail | Book here
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26 more at the top link
April 15, 2022
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/what-is-horseradish
Passover, one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar, is here. The Passover seder commemorates the Jews’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, and every item on the seder plate is symbolic. Maror, or “bitter herbs,” recalls the bitterness and suffering under slavery, and in the U.S., this is most commonly symbolized by prepared horseradish, made from grated horseradish root and vinegar.
When my grandparents were alive, my family had a funny Passover tradition. Unlike the rest of us, my grandfather loved horseradish, so in order to maintain its symbolic value (something that represents bitterness), he was made to eat something he didn’t like at all: peanut butter!
Interestingly, horseradish wasn’t originally used by ancient Jewish communities during Passover. They used different types of lettuce to symbolize bitter herbs. According to a Haaretz article, the first reference to horseradish in rabbinic literature appeared in the 12th century. But rather than “bitter herbs,” it was used in charoset, the sweet mixture of fruit and nuts that’s also eaten during the Passover seder. The first reference to horseradish as a bitter herb came in the 14th century. A Talmudic scholar wrote, “when lettuce is not obtainable it may be substituted with horseradish.”
This was particularly an issue in northern Europe, which had long, cold winters. Lettuce was difficult to find on Passover (in the early spring). During the late Middle Ages, more Jews migrated from Central Europe to Eastern Europe, and many eventually adopted the Slavic word chrein, which is still the Yiddish word for horseradish. Over time, Ashkenazi Jews came to prefer horseradish for seders even when lettuce was available. Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jews, however, still favor bitter lettuces, like endive and chicory.
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Horseradish Isn't Just for Passover
Time to stock up.https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/what-is-horseradish
Passover, one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar, is here. The Passover seder commemorates the Jews’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, and every item on the seder plate is symbolic. Maror, or “bitter herbs,” recalls the bitterness and suffering under slavery, and in the U.S., this is most commonly symbolized by prepared horseradish, made from grated horseradish root and vinegar.
When my grandparents were alive, my family had a funny Passover tradition. Unlike the rest of us, my grandfather loved horseradish, so in order to maintain its symbolic value (something that represents bitterness), he was made to eat something he didn’t like at all: peanut butter!
Interestingly, horseradish wasn’t originally used by ancient Jewish communities during Passover. They used different types of lettuce to symbolize bitter herbs. According to a Haaretz article, the first reference to horseradish in rabbinic literature appeared in the 12th century. But rather than “bitter herbs,” it was used in charoset, the sweet mixture of fruit and nuts that’s also eaten during the Passover seder. The first reference to horseradish as a bitter herb came in the 14th century. A Talmudic scholar wrote, “when lettuce is not obtainable it may be substituted with horseradish.”
This was particularly an issue in northern Europe, which had long, cold winters. Lettuce was difficult to find on Passover (in the early spring). During the late Middle Ages, more Jews migrated from Central Europe to Eastern Europe, and many eventually adopted the Slavic word chrein, which is still the Yiddish word for horseradish. Over time, Ashkenazi Jews came to prefer horseradish for seders even when lettuce was available. Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jews, however, still favor bitter lettuces, like endive and chicory.
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