I wanted to tell all my friends “hey! Are you feeling lonely and disconnected? Try a Seder!”… but, well, I’m not Jewish, and most people aren’t Jewish, and… the story of Seder really deeply assumes “you are a part of Jewish history, or at least the people hosting the event are.”
Personally, as somebody who isn’t Jewish and doesn’t have Jewish ancestry, I would feel weird hosting a Seder or making one happen (where the feeling is that it would be the bad kind of cultural appropriation), and would also feel weird about it being a Rationalist holiday rather than a holiday for Rationalist Jewish people, just like I’d feel weird about Rationalists adopting Christmas or Obon as a Rationalist holiday, where the feeling is that religion is Actually Bad and rationalists shouldn’t have religious ceremonies be an important part of their communities if they can help it.
As the post says:
Personally, as somebody who isn’t Jewish and doesn’t have Jewish ancestry, I would feel weird hosting a Seder or making one happen (where the feeling is that it would be the bad kind of cultural appropriation), and would also feel weird about it being a Rationalist holiday rather than a holiday for Rationalist Jewish people, just like I’d feel weird about Rationalists adopting Christmas or Obon as a Rationalist holiday, where the feeling is that religion is Actually Bad and rationalists shouldn’t have religious ceremonies be an important part of their communities if they can help it.