April 13, 2008

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Broadcast Date: 
Apr 13 2008

A "seder in the streets"; a campaign for domestic workers' rights; a new documentary on Christianity's long history of anti-Semitism, Constantine's Sword; plus how to plan a secular seder.

 

Episode segments
  • Seder in the Streets
    Topic: New York City Politics | Housing
    Guests:
    Hosts: Nan Rubin

    A report from a "Seder in the Streets" on New York City's Lower East Side, organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice to protest the lack of affordable housing

  • A domestic workers' bill of rights
    Topic: Labor | New York City Politics
    Guests:

    Earline Brown is a domestic worker and a longtime organizer with Domestic Workers United

     

    Hosts: Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Five years ago, Domestic Workers United won a domestic workers' bill of rights from the New York City Council; on April 15, they'll make their case in Albany for a statewide bill that would establish the right to basics like holidays, overtime pay, and health coverage

  • How to create a secular seder
    Topic: Holidays | Jewish Life
    Guests: Adrienne Cooper is a celebrated vocalist and performer of Yiddish music; she currently serves as executive officer for external affairs at the Workmen's Circle
    Hosts: Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Adrienne Cooper walks listeners through the long history of secular Passover celebrations and shares ideas about how to create a secular seder at home

  • Constantine's Sword
    Topic: Film | Arts & Culture
    Guests: Oren Jacoby is a longtime documentary filmmaker whose short Sister Rose's Passion was nominated for an Academy Award; his latest film is Constantine's Sword
    Hosts: Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Constantine's Sword, which opens at New York City's Quad Cinema and Lincoln Plaza Cinema on April 18, follows author and former priest James Carroll as he sifts through the history of Christian anti-Semitism, from Constantine to Bush's war on terror