Los Angeles, CA
"Guess Who's Coming to the Juneteenth Seder"
January–June 2024

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Bridged Division(s):
Faith, Race

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Project Summary:
In Los Angeles, we completed the sixth project in our Exodus in America series, bridging Black, Jewish, and Black-Jewish communities by connecting each community's inherited exodus narratives into a single original ritual: "Guess Who's Coming to the Juneteenth Seder," a community-devised performance and eating experience marrying the traditional structure of a Passover Seder with the story and symbolism of Juneteenth.

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Stats:
22 paid local artists, 21 partner organizations, 754 process participants

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Partner Organizations:
The Advot Project; BAR Center at the Beach; Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance; CAA Foundation; Challah & Soul; Central Avenue Church; Community Coalition South LA; Grand Arts High School; Haven Recording; Jewbian Princess; KIPP Philosophers Academy; Jewish Federation Los Angeles; LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell's Office; LAUSD; Motion Picture and Television Fund; Milken Community School; Partnership for Growth LA; Sages & Seekers; Skirball Cultural Center; Television City Studios; theater dybbuk.
 

Funders:
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles; CAA Foundation, Platt Family Foundation, City of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors

 

In the Media:

• Performance Program (PDF)​