Humanistic Seder Plate

What items will you find on a humanistic Seder plate?

• Karpas - green vegetable (typically parsley)
• Charoset - mixture of fruit, wine/honey, and nuts (typically apples, wine and walnuts)
  Allergic to nuts? Substitute walnuts with dried fruit or seeds
• Maror - bitter herb (typically horseradish)
• Hazeret - second bitter herb (typically lettuce)
• Zeroa - shankbone (typically lamb)
  Vegetarian? Substitute with beet
• Beitzah - hard-boiled eggs
  Vegetarian? Substitute with white mushroom or avocado
• Modern meaningful items you can add:
  • Oranges representing women and LGBTQ+ people, who have been historically othered within the Jewish community
  • Olives representing the wish for peace from the plague for war
  • Potatoes representing POC in the Jewish community, and the struggle of starvation faced by those forcibly displaced/deported
  • What modern plagues would you like to see represented on your family's Seder plate and why? Get creative! Find more ideas here!