Haggadah

Thanksgiving needs its own Haggadah - opinion

We cannot ignore the violence and ill will that sits at the heart of our Thanksgiving story, but we should not forget the idealism and vision of mutual care that sits at its heart as well.

|ByDEBORAH BARER/JTA
"The First Thanksgiving, 1621," by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930)
Proceeds of Sarajevo Haggadah to be donated to Palestine, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina announces.

'Sarajevo Haggadah' proceeds to be donated to Palestinian causes, announces Bosnian museum

The Sarajevo Haggadah is a famous medieval manuscript containing an illustrated version of the Passover Seder text, dated to around 1350 and believed to be from Barcelona.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
MOTHERS ATTEND a protest calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

True freedom this Passover means bringing the hostages home - opinion

This year, once again, the holiday of freedom becomes a moral, national, and human test. Spending the holiday in darkness, deep in Hamas tunnels, are our abducted heroes of October 7.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
'Moses and Aaron speak before Pharaoh,' by Benjamin West.

Passover: The message of empathy in the Haggadah

This Passover, as we retell the story of our journey from slavery to freedom, may we be mindful of the other people seeking to experience the same journey toward freedom.

|ByRON KRONISH

How a Moroccan Jew celebrated liberation from Hitler with a Haggadah

In 1943, a Moroccan Jew celebrated the end of the occupation by composing and publishing a book closely modeled on the Passover Haggadah.

JULY 3, 2021ByMARTIN LOCKSHIN
THE FDR MEMORIAL, Washington: The ‘Hitler Haggadah’ author interspersed Roosevelt’s name with that of God to give the man credit for the liberation of North African Jewry

The scholar who defied odds to unveil the treasures of the Cairo Genizah - Book Review

Stefan Reif brings post-World War II Edinburgh to life, conveying in indelible verbal images that are unstintingly honest what conditions were like in that bygone era for a child of Jewish immigrants

JULY 1, 2021ByYAKIR FELDMAN
EZEKIEL 34:2225, from a manuscript with Babylonian vocalization from the Cairo Genizah.

Church of England sorry for prayer booklet that resembles Passover Haggadah

The Church pulled the booklet offline and trashed a video it had intended to release ahead of Maudy Thursday.

APRIL 2, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ
The Church of England General Synod in London 370 (R)

Passover: The history of Haggadah art, and how the illustrators worked

The Passover Haggadah almost always has pictorial illustrations without which it would be a quite different and less exciting book.

APRIL 1, 2021ByRAYMOND APPLE
THE ARTHUR SZYK (1894-1951) Haggadah opens with ‘The Family at the Seder’ (1935) Lodz, Poland.

Passover: The Haggadah's messages for coronavirus

The search for hametz is paralleled by the search for COVID-19. Without the search where would we be?

APRIL 1, 2021ByDAVID GEFFEN
LONELY SEDER: Arranging the 2020 Passover table with pictures of children and grandchildren standing in for the real thing.

The history of ancient Jewish texts and the stories they tell

From St. Petersburg manuscripts to the Washington Haggadah.

APRIL 1, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
PROF. SHIMON IAKERSON was unable to access higher education in the USSR and learned Hebrew on his own.

Passover: Maccabeats release special Seder medley song

The song is a continuation of the group's tradition of coming out with songs for the Passover holiday.

MARCH 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Still from the Maccabeats 'Mah Nishtanah'

Passover: Could the Haggadah reveal the meaning of life?

New Passover book showcases ‘profound and actionable’ lessons from the Seder

MARCH 28, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A family seen during the "passover seder" on the first night of the 8-day long Jewish holiday of Passover, in Tzur Hadassah, April 8, 2020.

Chicago U gifted largest private collection of antique Haggadahs

“It will be a treasure trove for faculty, students and visiting researchers seeking to explore Jewish religion."

MARCH 26, 2021ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
RARE Passover Haggadah is displayed in the Museum Judengasse in Frankfurt.

Passover: Anti-Netanyahu protesters release 'Balfour Haggadah'

The 53-page online Haggadah has numerous alterations to fit the theme and criticize the prime minister, accompanied by several pictures and videos.

MARCH 26, 2021ByAARON REICH
Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, near the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2021, a few days before the Israeli general elections.