This column speaks about the Jewish tradition of seder, specifically within the lens of those living in the diaspora or "exile" in relation to media such as Kathy Wazana's "They Were Promised the Sea", Art Spiegalman's "Maus" and Harvey Pekar's "Not the Israel my Parents Promised Me". He also draws contrast on "positive" views on Jewish exile through "the ethics of a shepherd" where many founder-heroes in the Jewish canon (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David) lived wandering, rural lives that often went downhill once settled.