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Esther Boner's focus goes far beyond her office at_ Wayne State
University's State Hall.

many women were so in-
stantly supportive of the Hag-
gadah. Within a couple of
years after I wrote it, Pioneer
and Hadassah women all over
the country were performing
the ceremony."
Dr. Broner's Haggadah is a
text designed for an all-night
Seder which only women
attend. An excerpt of this serv-
ice includes an adaptation of
the traditional four questions:
Why is this Haggadah
different from traditional
Haggadot? Because this Hag-
gadah deals with the exodus of
women.
Why have our mothers on
this night been bitter? Be-
cause they did the preparation
but not the ritual. They did the
serving but not the conduct-
ing. They read of their fathers
but not of their mothers.
Why on this night do we dip
twice? Because of the natural
and unnatural cycles of blood.
Why on this night do we re-
cline? We recline on this night
for the unhurried telling of the
legacy of Miriam.
In April 1976, the first
women's Passover Seder was
held in simulataneous cere-
monies in New York by Dr.
Broner and in Israel by Naomi
Nimrod. "In both places, we
were creators of the ceremony,
not caterers of the meal."
"The first Seder that we had
in New York was such a mira-
cle. We had 15 people. The
speaker was a Miss USA who
talked about what happened
and how she was screwed out
of her monies. We also hod
black women and lesbian

women talk about their own
lives and how they were out-
side of all contexts and cul-
tures. It was a very unusual
Seder."
Dr. Jackie Zeff, an associate
and friend of Dr. Broner, has
conducted the feminist service
for Pioneer Women here in De-
troit. They have since con-
ducted many such Seders
which have been replicas of
Dr. Broner's text, but the first
ceremony they experienced
was following The Women's

Passover Haggadah.
"When Esther works with a
group of women, something
magical happens. One can put
up very little resistance to her.
She becomes an instant role
model to most women she
meets. However, she can be
very flamboyant and some
people may be put off by her as
she makes people feel uncom-
fortable if they don't share her
views."
By 1984, the ninth women's
Seder, held in New York, had
progressed to a more spiritual
affair.
"Last year we talked about
women in tents and women in
the desert. Since our hero is
the prophet Miriam, we talked
about how it was for her in the
desert, denied her prophet
seat. Aaron was made a priest
and Moses a prophet but
Miriam was given leprosy be-
cause she asked God for her
own recognition. We talked
about how women are still un-
housed in the desert and we
made a spread tent over our
heads, sheltering us like a

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