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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Haggadah

The so-called Afghan Liturgical Quire, a codex some believe is the oldest Jewish book in existence. (Museum of the Bible)
September 25, 2024, 7:44 am
Museum of the Bible unveils newly dated ‘oldest Jewish book’
Museum says 5-inch by 5-inch codex, including prayers, poems and Haggadah, is relic from Jewish minority in 8th century Afghanistan
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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The Author, Bryan Schwartz
April 22, 2024, 3:50 pm
It’s About Time: 104 dimensions of time during Passover
Passover: Integrating our past, present, and future – and wondering about a Creator who transcends time itself.
By Bryan Schwartz
Illustrative: Two women, one of them wrapped in an Israeli flag, help to set the 'The Empty Seder Table,’ with 133 chairs and place settings, representing hostages still being held in Gaza by Hamas, in front of Downing Street in London, Britain, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
April 22, 2024, 1:39 pm
‘In every generation:’ Haggadah supplements put October 7 reckoning on Seder plate
Additions to traditional tract allow holiday celebrants to grapple with trauma of terror and ongoing hostage crisis casting shadow on festival of freedom
By JTA and ToI Staff
Liat Beinin Atzili, who was released after being held hostage by the Hamas terror group following the October 7 onslaught, speaks as Israelis gather for a Passover ceremony and to call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages, on Kibbutz Nir Oz, April 11, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 21, 2024, 4:21 pm
For many Israelis this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
The first major holiday since the devastating Oct. 7 massacre will be marked by some with an empty seat at the seder table in honor of the many hostages still held in Gaza
By Deborah Danan
The Haggadah reader Hashata Hakha (This Year We Are Here) and Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov (Via UK Jewish News)
From the WebApril 20, 2024, 6:37 pm
In Haggadah supplement, UK rabbi calls Israeli politicians war criminals
Lara Haft Yom-Tov’s essay forms part of ‘justice-oriented Haggadah’ attacking Israel’s conduct in the war against Hamas in Gaza, UK Jewish News reports
Among the new Haggadahs to be published in 2024 are several for families and one for Star Wars fans. (Collage by Mollie Suss/JTA)
April 16, 2024, 7:04 am
Inside 10 new Haggadahs for 2024: US and Israel take their places at the Seder table
As Jews around the world celebrate the first Passover since Oct. 7, some of these Seder guides touch on politics, while others feature humor, history and Hollywood stars
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Penny Schwartz
FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)
April 11, 2024, 12:12 pm
Jewish mother writes Taylor Swift-themed Haggadah book for Passover
Author Na’ama Ben-David says idea for ‘Unofficial Taylor Swift Haggadah’ came from daughter who noted parallels between Book of Exodus and pop star’s lyrics
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The four sons as depicted in a Haggadah distributed by the IDF to its officers, April, 2023 (via Or Heller, Twitter)
April 5, 2023, 6:01 pm
IDF Passover Haggadah depicts ‘evil son’ as secular, other three boys as religious
Commentary in religious book distributed to officers for holiday says God sometimes ‘allows our enemies to attack us so that we’re inspired to repent’
By ToI Staff
An illustration by Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi in 'For Our Freedom,' a new Haggadah in Ukrainian, an initiative of Project Kesher, available for Passover 2023 (Courtesy Project Kesher)
April 5, 2023, 4:01 pm
Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover with fresh start and new Haggadah
‘For Our Freedom’ includes vivid illustrations by Kyiv-born Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Moses and the Israelites, from a series of selfies out of the Passover story created by Dana Green using the AI program Midjourney. (Dana Green + Midjourney)
March 31, 2023, 2:08 pm
What makes an AI-enhanced haggadah different from all other haggadahs?
Since the release of ChatGPT and Midjourney, people are using artificial intelligence to tell the Passover story in new ways – though some worry about mixing AI with the sacred
By Melanie Lidman
An image showing direct comparisons between the Shakespeare of the Cobbe Portrait, the Chandos Portrait and the Droeshout Engraving. (Brice Stratford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2023, 3:06 am
Shakespeare at the Seder: Author writes Passover Haggadah as the Bard ‘would hast’
Martin Bodek renders the traditional holiday text into readable Elizabethan English, seamlessly adding multiple quotes from each of the great writer’s 39 plays
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this photo taken April 20, 2016, the famed Birds' Head Haggadah, a medieval copy of a text read around the Passover holiday table, is seen on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
April 16, 2022, 9:33 am
Heirs of man murdered by Nazis sue Israel Museum for rare medieval haggadah
Museum denies ‘The Birds’ Head Haggadah’ belongs to progeny of Ludwig Marum, arguing his daughter wanted it on display; family disputes claim
By Asaf Shalev
An 18th century haggadah from Amsterdam. (courtesy: National Library of Israel)
April 15, 2022, 11:32 pm
National library puts rare, historic haggadahs online
Passover seder books from world’s largest collection, spanning some 800 years of Jewish history from Prague to Morocco, made available to view and download for first time
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A collection of Maxwell House Haggadahs from 1965, seen on March 11, 2011. (AP/Alan Diaz)
April 15, 2022, 4:19 pm
How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed an iconic American Haggadah
The Maxwell House Haggadah’s slim text, which in 1932 began being distributed for free at grocery stores as an advertising gimmick, has become a lodestar for Jewish life in the US
By Kerri Steinberg
Poet, translator and liturgist Marcia Falk (Cathleen Maclearie)
April 14, 2022, 11:59 pm
Jewish feminism ‘foremother’ Marcia Falk publishes lyrical haggadah
Pathbreaking poet and liturgist offers innovative take on text by highlighting biblical Exodus over rabbinic commentary. Here, she discusses her feminist and spiritual awakenings
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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