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Book A Survivors  Haggadah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Saul Touster
  • Publisher : Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book A Survivors Haggadah written by Saul Touster and published by Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The heart of A Survivor's Haggadah is the work of one dedicated man who survived four years in concentration camps: Lithuanian teacher and writer Yosef Dov Sheinson. He not only wrote the text but also designed and decorated the pages and selected powerful woodcuts crafted by another survivor, Hungarian artist Miklos Adler.

Book The Gurs Haggadah

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  • Author : Belah Guṭerman
  • Publisher : Devora Publishing
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781930143333
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book The Gurs Haggadah written by Belah Guṭerman and published by Devora Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you live a 'normal' life in a Concentration Camp? The Gurs Camp (technically called a 'detention' camp) in south-western France was the testing ground for thousands of Jews attempting to pit their belief in God and themselves against the inhumanity of war. Here, in 1941, the inmates decided to hold a Seder on Passover, the Holiday of Freedom, in order to declare their own freedom from the terror of oppression. Replete with photographs, and featuring a facsimile of the actual Haggadah recreated from memory and used in the camp, this book sheds light on a little known camp where, despite the stresses and sub-human conditions, the people enriched their own lives by organising both religious and cultural activities while suffering under the yoke of Nazi brutality.

Book The Passover Haggadah

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  • Author : Vanessa L. Ochs
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-03-17
  • ISBN : 0691144982
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The Passover Haggadah written by Vanessa L. Ochs and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This telling of the life of the Haggadah, probably the most beloved of books that Jews own, chronicles its recalibrations over time. It moves from its early sources in the Bible and rabbinic literature; to the years it was a handwritten manuscript; to its life as an illuminated book in the middle ages; to its emergence as mass-produced printed book and later, as an artist's book; to its iterations in the twentieth century in America and Israel, including those using emerging technologies of our day. It is the story of a liturgical text came about to fulfill a biblical injunction to fathers to tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt to their children (literally, to their sons): "And you shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I went free from Egypt'" (Exodus 13:8). Despite significant flaws in the text that have occasioned thousands of revisions, it remains well and alive because it allows its users to transmit the story of Exodus as if it happened to them. With a Haggadah in hand at a Passover seder meal, the text kindles the memory of belonging to a people who knew slavery and then liberation and enlivens empathy. An engagement with the Haggadah, inevitable leaves one feeling responsible for helping others to achieve their own liberation".

Book The JPS Commentary on the Haggadah

Download or read book The JPS Commentary on the Haggadah written by Joseph Tabory and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Passover haggadah enjoys an unrivaled place in Jewish culture, both religious and secular. And of all the classic Jewish books, the haggadah is the one most "alive" today. Jews continue to rewrite, revise, and add to its text, recasting it so that it remains relevant to their lives. In this new volume in the JPS Commentary collection, Joseph Tabory, one of the world's leading authorities on the history of the haggadah, traces the development of the seder and the haggadah through the ages. The book features an extended introduction by Tabory, the classic Hebrew haggadah text side by side with its English translation, and Tabory's clear and insightful critical-historical commentary.

Book New American Haggadah

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  • Author : Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Publisher : Little, Brown
  • Release : 2014-03-04
  • ISBN : 9780316069878
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book New American Haggadah written by Jonathan Safran Foer and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Safran Foer's and Nathan Englander's spectacular Haggadah-now in paperback. Upon hardcover publication, NEW AMERICAN HAGGADAH was praised as a momentous re-envisioning through prayer, song, and ritual of one of our oldest, most timeless, and sacred stories-Moses leading the ancient Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to wander the desert for 40 years before reaching the Promised Land. Featuring a new translation of the traditional text by Nathan Englander and provocative essays by a collection of major Jewish writers and thinkers, it was received not only as a religious document but a magnificent literary and artistic achievement. Now, after two years of patience, those readers who asked for a paperback edition have gotten their wish.

Book For This We Left Egypt

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  • Author : Dave Barry
  • Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
  • Release : 2017-03-07
  • ISBN : 125011022X
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book For This We Left Egypt written by Dave Barry and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book you hold before you is no ordinary Haggadah. If you’ve ever suffered through a Seder, you’re well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. There are countless stories, dozens of blessings, and far too many handwashings while the meal turns cold. Now prepare to be entertained by another version of the book that’s responsible for this interminable tradition. With this hilarious parody Haggadah from the comedic minds of Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel, and Adam Mansbach, good Jews everywhere will no longer have to sit (and sleep) through a lengthy and boring Seder. In For This We Left Egypt?, the authors will be take you through every step of the Seder, from getting rid of all the chametz in your home by setting it on fire with a kosher blowtorch to a retelling of the Passover story starring Pharaoh Schmuck and a burning bush that sounds kind of like Morgan Freeman, set against the backdrop of the Promised Land—which turned out not to be a land of milk and honey but rather one of rocks and venomous scorpions the size of Yorkshire terriers. You then eat a celebratory brisket and wrap up the whole evening by taking at least forty-five minutes to say good-bye to everyone. So gather all the Jews in your life (even the few who don’t appear to be long-suffering) and settle in for a fun way to pass the time while waiting for Elijah to show up.

Book Simply Jewish  An Illustrated  Get To The Point Guide to Judaism

Download or read book Simply Jewish An Illustrated Get To The Point Guide to Judaism written by Reuven Epstein and published by Khal Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable handbook is like having a personal Rabbi on call to walk you through the basic how's and why's of every major mitzvah, practice and aspect of Jewish life. It covers every holiday, lifecycle event, and ritual you will ever encounter, and virtually every question you have ever asked about Judaism. Simply Jewish includes step-by-step guides and handy resources, and presents everything in a clear, concise and easy-to-read format. ItÆs that simple. Book jacket.

Book A Family Haggadah I  Revised Edition

Download or read book A Family Haggadah I Revised Edition written by Rosalind Silberman and published by Kar-Ben. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With just the right blend of text and commentary, the popular A Family Haggadah, with new full-color art, is the haggadah of choice for families with young children to use at their Passover seders. Hebrew prayers and songs include English translations and transliterations.

Book The Bronfman Haggadah

Download or read book The Bronfman Haggadah written by Edgar M. Bronfman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated contemporary Haggadah for the Passover Seder, as interpreted by the world-renowned philanthropist and Jewish leader Edgar M. Bronfman. This Haggadah will inspire and delight all ages. Designed to foster Jewish pride, Edgar Bronfman’s text continues the traditional commandment to retell the Exodus story of slavery and freedom for future generations. The Haggadah teaches people of all ages about Judaism with a fresh perspective while helping to define Passover for everyone at the Seder table. The author’s creative approach weaves together meaningful readings, from the nineteenth-century abolitionist Frederick Douglas to a lesser-known poet, Marge Piercy. Bronfman captures the young reader’s imagination when each child, teenager, and adult assumes the role of a character in the Exodus story, or perhaps to become one of the story’s narrators. Watercolor paintings, created specially for this book, illustrate its main parts: the Seder plate’s symbolic foods, the parting of the Red Sea, the forty-year journey, the giving of the ten commandments on Mount Sinai, to name a few. The Bronfman Haggadah is a welcome addition for the avid collector, as well as to be used as the Haggadah of choice to enrich the Passover Seder experience with its refreshing interactive approach.

Book The Secret Seder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Doreen Rappaport
  • Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
  • Release : 2013-11-01
  • ISBN : 1623344743
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book The Secret Seder written by Doreen Rappaport and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques and his parents are hiding in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, pretending to be Catholics. On the first night of Passover, Jacques and his father elude Nazi soldiers to gather with other Jews and celebrate the Seder in secret. For this book, Doreen Rappaport researched the lives of resistance fighters and Jews in hiding: brave men and women who managed to survive one of the darkest times in history with their faith intact.

Book Jews Under Moroccan Skies

Download or read book Jews Under Moroccan Skies written by Raphaël Elmaleh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews under Moroccan Skies tells the story of Jewish life in Morocco, describing in realistic detail how Jews and Muslims interweaved their lives in peace for centuries. The authors give us the rich history of Berber Jews, the Moroccan tzadikim, and Jewish mysticism in the country. They also describe the cultural differences between the Judeo-Spanish communities of the North, the Francophone urban Jews, and the Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Berber traditions. "No chapter in the long history of the Jewish people has more power and more relevance to our contemporary world than Moroccan Jewry. And it is the least known, by far! This wonderful book will draw you into its mystery, captivating and capturing your imagination. If you don't want to be tempted to travel, don't read this book. You will never be satisfied until you see it with you own eyes accompanied by the unparalleled teacher and guide, Raphael David Elmaleh! People all over the world have been waiting for Raphy to put his words down on paper. This magnificent book is the result. It is a gem!" -- Peter A. Geffen, Founder and Executive Director KIVUNIM Founder, The Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York

Book The Annotated Passover Haggadah

Download or read book The Annotated Passover Haggadah written by Zev Garber and published by Gcrr Press. This book was released on 2021-02-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annotated Passover Haggadah breaks new ground via the world's most renowned Jewish scholars in providing important analytical, philosophical, and theological perspectives on the seminal event of Jewish consciousness.

Book Haggadah and History

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  • Author : Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780827607873
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Haggadah and History written by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred facsimile plates reproduce representative pages from rare printed haggadot in two of the world's outstanding Judaica collections: the libraries of Harvard University and The Jewish Theological Seminary. This visual history is complemented by Professor Yerushalmi's fascinating historical introduction and richly detailed place descriptions.

Book Survival in Sarajevo

Download or read book Survival in Sarajevo written by Edward Serotta and published by Brandstaetter. This book was released on 1994 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book You Shall Tell Your Children

Download or read book You Shall Tell Your Children written by Liora Gubkin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues for and enacts a reading of representative "Shoah" texts found in contemporary "haggadot" from liberal Judaisms in the U.S. based on a hermeneutic of trauma. The ongoing ritualizing of the "Shoah" in Passover "haggadot" requires special attention to the problematics raised by placing a non-redemptive event into a redemptive narrative. The hermeneutic of trauma developed in this study attends to the history, ideology and construction of memory surrounding "Shoah" texts and the implications of these for ethical readings that allow mourning and prevent forgetting. After reviewing academic discussion of memory and representation of the Holocaust and setting out the critique of redemptive memory, analyzes how the creators of the Reform "haggadah" created a text of both continuity and contrast with their Reform legacy and their rabbinic heritage. Places this text, along with its Conservative counterpart, within an American discourse of Holocaust-redemption and argues against this as the basis for a viable American Jewish identity. Examines ritualizations that draw on Holocaust icons and presents non-redemptive readings of these memory texts. Investigation of the non-rational and embodied aspects of the ritual leads to the argument that the Holocaust, as an event at the limits, cannot be embodied in its full extremity. Argues that these ritual memory texts - and by extension ritual theory itself - should be read to privilege the tension created by the contrast between Exodus and Auschwitz. This move, which acknowledges these commemorations as traumatic text, breaks open the redemptive frame of the "haggadah" and presents a limited, yet real, possibility for hope.

Book The Passover Haggadah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vanessa L. Ochs
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-03-17
  • ISBN : 0691201528
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The Passover Haggadah written by Vanessa L. Ochs and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder table Every year at Passover, Jews around the world gather for the seder, a festive meal where family and friends come together to sing, pray, and enjoy traditional food while retelling the biblical story of the Exodus. The Passover Haggadah provides the script for the meal and is a religious text unlike any other. It is the only sacred book available in so many varieties—from the Maxwell House edition of the 1930s to the countercultural Freedom Seder—and it is the rare liturgical work that allows people with limited knowledge to conduct a complex religious service. The Haggadah is also the only religious book given away for free at grocery stores as a promotion. Vanessa Ochs tells the story of this beloved book, from its emergence in antiquity as an oral practice to its vibrant proliferation today. Ochs provides a lively and incisive account of how the foundational Jewish narrative of liberation is remembered in the Haggadah. She discusses the book's origins in biblical and rabbinical literature, its flourishing in illuminated manuscripts in the medieval period, and its mass production with the advent of the printing press. She looks at Haggadot created on the kibbutz, those reflecting the Holocaust, feminist and LGBTQ-themed Haggadot, and even one featuring a popular television show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Ochs shows how this enduring work of liturgy that once served to transmit Jewish identity in Jewish settings continues to be reinterpreted and reimagined to share the message of freedom for all.

Book Rosenberg English Holocaust Haggadah for Passover

Download or read book Rosenberg English Holocaust Haggadah for Passover written by Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosenberg English Holocaust Haggadah for Passover is an exceptional publication that offers an easy to follow format completely in English for you to share with your family and friends for the Passover seder night. Rosenberg English Holocaust Haggadah for Passover is a great tribute to the holocaust survivors which offers a unique compilation of stories, essays, articles and poems from holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren. Each story is remarkable. A variety of suggested questions and discussions are presented for you to share with your family at the seder table. Created by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, editor of The Echoes of The Holocaust, Children and their Grand Children Speaks Out, this book is a treasure.