This commentary describes a virtual seder (the ceremonial Passover meal) as it is reformatted by Covid-19. Dwelling on a shift in the closing lines of the socially-distanced digital dinner from “next year in Jerusalem” to “next year, together,” the essay explores the politics of place in articulations of hope and the role of ritual in potentially rewriting them.

Ce commentaire décrit un seder (le repas cérémoniel de Pâque juive) virtuel tel qu'il est reformaté par Covid-19. S'attardant sur un changement dans les dernières lignes du dîner numérique et socialement éloigné de «l'année prochaine à Jérusalem» à «l'année prochaine, ensemble», l'essai explore la politique du lieu dans les articulations de l'espoir et le rôle du rituel dans leur réécriture potentielle .

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• Reisman, E., (2025), "Next Year, Together: Covid-19 Rewrites a Ritual Meal", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.415)

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1. COVID 19
2. judaism
3. ritual
4. territoriality
5. zionism

Original publication: Reisman, Emily. "Next Year, Together: Covid-19 Rewrites a Ritual Meal." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 7, no. 1, 2020, pp. 5-7. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i1.415. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.