The JUFJ Labor Seder was featured by the Washington Post on Saturday April 26 in a story titled "The Orange on the Seder Plate: Communities Expand Passover Story to Embrace Modern Struggles of Oppression " by Ilene Rosenblum

In another effort to bring attention to modern oppression, Jews United for Justice hosted a Labor Seder on April 15 at Adas Israel synagogue in Washington. About 200 labor leaders, activists and families gathered to recognize workers' rights, and their campaign to give District residents a vote in Congress. "Passover is the quintessential story of liberation from bondage and oppression," said JUFJ executive director Jacob Feinspan.

In addition to the obligatory wine or grape juice, tablemates also filled each others' glasses with drinks produced by socially conscious, Bethesda-based Honest Beverages. But what stood out the most was the orange on the Seder plate.

Many stories have circulated about how the custom of including an orange, fairly common at progressive Seders, began. Les Trachtman of the Washington Chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee, reading from the Haggadah, explained what it meant in the context of the evening's event: ''The orange reminds us that our Passover traditions are not only about remembering the past -- that they can and should speak to today's struggles for equality."