Next Year, Together

Covid-19 Rewrites a Ritual Meal

Authors

  • Emily Reisman University at Buffalo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.415

Keywords:

covid-19, ritual, territoriality, judaism, zionism

Abstract

This commentary describes a virtual seder (the ceremonial Passover meal) as it is reformatted by Covid-19. Dwelling on a shift in the closing lines of the socially-distanced digital dinner from “next year in Jerusalem” to “next year, together,” the essay explores the politics of place in articulations of hope and the role of ritual in potentially rewriting them.

Photograph of kale in sepia tones

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Published

2020-07-12

How to Cite

Reisman, E. (2020). Next Year, Together: Covid-19 Rewrites a Ritual Meal. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 7(1), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.415

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020): “Its smoke must make it blind” : Fire and a commitment to regeneration

Section

Commentary

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