The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sarajevo-haggadah/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Sarajevo Haggadah | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sarajevo-haggadah/ 32 32 Bosnia national museum accuses Israel of ‘genocide,’ draws flak from Jewish groups https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnia-national-museum-accuses-israel-of-genocide-draws-flak-from-jewish-groups/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:31:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3613243 National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina says profits from its sale of a publication about a historic Haggadah will be donated to help Palestinian causes

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]]> The other Sarajevo Haggadah — a Ladino communist musical Passover parody https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-other-sarajevo-haggadah-a-ladino-communist-musical-passover-parody/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 07:41:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2513783 Written in 1944 by Shalom Altarac, the often humorous 'Partisan Haggadah' is rooted in the bloody resistance against the Axis powers and joins a long tradition of haggadah parody

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]]> LISTEN: NYT Jerusalem chief vents about the bumpy road to new Israeli government https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-nyt-jerusalem-chief-vents-about-the-bumpy-road-to-new-israeli-government/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:56:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2275529 Episode #30: A month after the Israeli elections, there's still no coalition. David Halbfinger explains why * Jewish thinkers' thoughts on this special Passover

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]]> Ancient Haggadah symbolizing fate of Sarajevo Jews finally finds permanent home https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-haggadah-symbolizing-fate-of-sarajevo-jews-finally-finds-permanent-home/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:36:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1803538 Famous 14th-century holy book that survived the inquisition, Holocaust and Serbian shelling in 1990s put on display at Bosnia's National Museum

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]]> In post-war Bosnia, Jews celebrate 450 years of survival https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-post-war-bosnia-jews-celebrate-450-years-of-survival/ Sat, 28 Nov 2015 00:06:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1291553 Living in a country once marred by sectarian conflict, Jewish leader Jakob Finci says his 1,000-strong community 'feels safe' 20 years after the end of the Bosnian War

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]]> Hostage to politics, glorious Sarajevo Haggadah languishes in crumbling museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/hostage-to-politics-glorious-sarajevo-haggadah-languishes-in-crumbling-museum/ Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:02:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1073438 Priceless 14th-century manuscript from Spanish Jewry's Golden Age survived inquisitions and the Holocaust, but now sits trapped in the shuttered Bosnian National Museum, barred from public display

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]]> Modern Exodus: the Sarajevo Haggadah’s musical journey https://www.timesofisrael.com/modern-exodus-the-sarajevo-haggadahs-musical-journey/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:39:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=948654 Inspired by the haggadah's story, which parallels her own traumatic dislocation, Bosnian Merima Ključo composes 'The Music of the Book'

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]]> Prized Sarajevo Haggadah won’t show in NYC https://www.timesofisrael.com/prized-sarajevo-haggadah-wont-show-in-nyc/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:16:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=366594 Bosnian officials reject Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit proposal because of domestic legal issues

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]]> Bosnia blocks Jewish manuscript from New York show https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnia-blocks-jewish-manuscript-from-new-york-show/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:59:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=366352 Sarajevo Haggadah won't go on display at Metropolitan Museum of Art until funding issue is resolved

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