The Queer Freedom of Passover

Photo by Ana Cruz on Unsplash

Passover is my favorite holiday. It’s my favorite because it transmits a message of radical empathy intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, sensually, and gastronomically.

We dip the freshness of spring and new growth (often represented by parsley in Ashkenazi seders) in the salty tears of our ancestors (represented by salted water). Charoset, a sticky and sweet mixture of fruits and nuts that varies…