Haggadah

A voice of praise: Why this Haggadah puts Miriam at the center of the Exodus

An exploration of the unique visual depiction of Miriam’s song in the medieval ‘Haggadah’ from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem’s collection.

THE YAHUDA HAGGADAH, Southern Western Germany, ca. 1470-80, handwritten on parchment; brown ink, and gold and silver leaf
Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.

When the Passover Seder comes to life - opinion

Dachau (seen 2020): The stench, the skeletal figures, the degradation.

In the shadow of the Holocaust, survivors kept Passover alive in 1946 - opinion

You don't have to be superhuman to change history.

You don’t have to be Moses: This generation must rise to lead in a time of war - opinion


Passover: The world of the Haggadah, from Saint Petersburg to Sarajevo

The lecture, Hebrew Manuscripts Treasures in the Saint Petersburg, and other collections with a focus on the Passover Haggadah will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 8 p.m.

PROF. SHIMON IAKERSON: In my own eyes, [the Sarajevo Haggadah] is an example of how good people can work together against evil.

Passover: The power of a compelling narrative

The Haggadah is the story of our birth – the story we were born to tell. On this Pesach, let us tell it in style.

THE OVERRIDING focus of the Seder is the interaction between parents and children.

Jewish souls - A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum has collected over the last 22 years thousands of treasures from the Jewish past.

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum in Venice

In new Passover children’s books, a bespectacled lion reads the Haggadah

Other titles feature lighthearted humorous stories and a lively interactive family Hagaddah with tips for this COVID-19 era, when many Seder guests may be joining remotely.

"The Four Questions"

In praise of Jerusalem

To understand Jerusalem, you must look at it with eyes of love.

MUNICIPALITY WORKERS place a lion statue by artist Mark Greiner, donated by a group of evangelical leaders to the city of Jerusalem, at the capital’s Bloomfield Park on May 5.

Why is this Passover different from all others?

For the past few weeks as the Passover holiday inched toward us, preparations for the commemoration and celebration of the holiday have given rise to growing angst.

Passover plate from France

Entering a fascinating new world: The Koren Youth Haggada

Never forget why we are free. Rose speaks to all of us, saying we “are a part of that chain (the Passover traditions), linking hands with your parents.”

Entering a fascinating new world: The Koren Youth Haggada

Richard Codor’s Joyous Haggadah: The Illuminated Story of Passover

On this Passover, the holiday’s meaning will be the same, and yet the form will be quite different from any we have ever celebrated before.

Richard Codor’s Joyous Haggadah: The Illuminated Story of Passover

Tu Bishvat's Haggadah: A celebration of fruits and trees of the Holy Land

The celebration of Tu Bishvat is seen in Israel as a symbolic return to the world of nature, and of rootedness in a specific place, the ancestral soil.

A page from the Haggadah titled ‘Advice From a Tree’

Rivlin makes ‘official request’ for Sarajevo Haggada

President Rivlin received diplomatic credentials from the new ambassadors of the UK, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Equatorial Guinea and Bulgaria.

President Rivlin with Ambassador Dusko Kovacevic of Bosnia and Herzegovina