It isn’t a Seder if it contradicts the core narrative of the Jewish people

This article is one half of a debate. Read Why we are holding an anti-Zionist Palestine Solidarity Seder.

Calling a dinner on Pesach a Seder does not make it one. A Seder is a retelling of a very particular story.  

It is the story of the Jewish people: how we left Canaan (Israel) due to famine, were enslaved in Egypt, liberated, and ultimately returned to our homeland.

Each song, each mouthful, each sip of wine, takes us closer to our freedom, to our indigenous land, to our peoplehood.

An authentic Seder is, at least in part, about the link between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. It is dishonest to claim that what you are doing is a Seder if your purpose is antithetical to the fundamental narrative of the Pesach story.

If you are not celebrating the particularity of Jewish identity, its indigeneity to that land and its formation throughout history, then you are not celebrating Pesach.

It is even worse if the Seder not only fails to celebrate our Jewishness and our historical walk towards freedom but actively undermines it, claiming Jewish nationhood is illegitimate and arguing we should give up our hopes and dreams.  
 
This is what an anti-Zionist Seder does.