The Broken Seder: A Post-Oct 7 Art Installation

Created By Day Schildkret

Passover has always been about gathering, storytelling, and asking: “What makes this night different?” Last year, Day Schildkret’s seder table cracked wide open. What was meant to unite instead erupted into grief, anger and division over Israel, Palestine and our sense of safety as Jews. The ritual became a rupture, revealing deep fractures – political, personal, spiritual and generational.

From that rupture emerged The Broken Seder, an immersive art installation that reimagines different seder tables using ritual objects, soundscapes and lighting, as an invitation to profoundly reflect on brokenness and wholeness, exploring the raw emotional landscape of contemporary Jewish life – exposed yet resilient, protective yet hopeful.

Blog Post in Reboot: Read about the installation in Day’s own words

The installation is recommended for teens (B’Mitzvah and older) and adults.

REGISTRATION

You’ll need a ticket for a specific date and time to enter the exhibit. Each visit starts on time and lasts 60 minutes.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3: 10:30 am – 7:00 pm

10:30 – 11:30 am

1:30 – 2:30 pm

6:00 – 7:00 pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 4: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm

10:30 – 11:30 am

Noon – 1:00 pm

1:30 – 2:30 pm

4:30 – 5:30 pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 5: 1:30 – 5:30 pm

1:30 – 2:30 pm

3:00 – 4:00 pm

4:30 – 5:30 pm

SUNDAY, APRIL 6: 10:30 am – 6:30 pm

10:30 – 11:30 am

1:30 – 2:30 pm

3:00 – 4:00 pm

5:30 – 6:30 pm

About the Artist

Day Schildkret is internationally renowned as the author, artist and teacher behind the Morning Altars movement, inspiring tens of thousands of people to make life more beautiful and meaningful through ritual, nature and art. A North Bay resident, Schildkret is an award-winning Jewish queer author, artist, ritualist and teacher. He is the author of two acclaimed books, Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change and Morning Altars: A 7-Step Practice to Nourish Your Spirit through Nature, Art, and Ritual, both of which have redefined how people think about ritual and resilience in modern life.

The Broken Seder is supported by the Creative Work Fund, a renowned grant program that is celebrated for its excellence and known for artworks that embody cultural richness, diversity and belonging. The Creative Work Fund is a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund that also is supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.