haggadah

Storytelling lends even more magic to the Exodus saga

The seder experience requires us to be engaged storytellers, not passive participants. After all, the Haggadah states, “all who expound upon the Passover story shall be praised.”

Passover in Ethiopia

Now this is what it means to be free. In 1977, the Israeli government began airlifting the entire community of Ethiopian Jews, who were facing starvation and governmental anti-Semitism. The exodus officially ended in 1991, when nearly all the Beta Israel, as they’re known, were relocated to Israel. The new Journey to Freedom Haggadah, a haggadah that “celebrates Ethiopian Jewish culture,” sets up a […]

What Freedom Looks Like

The Katz Family Haggadah, at first glance, is deceptively simple–it looks like a children’s picture book. It features big-eyed cartoon kids, large, readable text, colorful spreads of blue skies and yellow sand, frogs, and an amazing fold-out picture of the Crossing of the Red Sea. But that’s not all it is. The haggadah uses midrash, Talmud, and other sources to derive […]

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Storytelling lends even more magic to the Exodus saga

Passover in Ethiopia

What Freedom Looks Like

Nod to Haggadah women

Passover in 3-D

A few new Passover haggadahs, and a facelift for an old favorite

Filmmakers wonder: ‘What does this seder mean to me?’

Kramer at the seder: Pop culture jazzes Haggadah

The new traditional Haggadah

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