American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.

'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.

There are varieties of Spanglish. There's Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami called cubonics is different from Mexican American Spanglish, but thanks to the Internet, thanks to radio and television, thanks to what is happening in the classrooms, in the streets in the restaurants, we are finding a middle ground.

My hope is that 'The New World Haggadah' will open a new world for readers who will see our heritage through a multilingual prism. I wanted to feature medieval and renaissance authors, resistance in World War II, crypto-Jews and activists during the Dirty War in Latin America, songs of protest, and songs of hope.

Spanglish is a creative way also of saying, 'I am an American, and I have my own style, my own taste, my own tongue.'