Josie Levine, a UFT retiree and committee member, raises a glass with Jewish Heritage Committee Chair Jason Goldberg.

Tova Itzkovitz, a speech therapist at Urban Assembly for the Performing Arts HS in Manhattan (right), and her guest hold up a copy of the committee’s Haggadah, a text that tells the story of Passover and sets the order of the seder.

The seder plate is loaded with symbolic dishes that play a part in the ritual, including an orange, a recent addition that represents women’s and LGBTQ rights.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew addresses the crowd.

UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members and guests help themselves to gefilte fish.

UFT Special Representative Andrea Carte (seated, right) and her family smile for the camera.

Keith Karon, a homebound special education teacher, checks out the program for the seder as he enjoys the event.

Bradley Alter, a UFT member representative for middle schools, serves gefilte fish to his fellow UFT Jewish Heritage Committee members.