Haggadah
“Even as the ancient Hebrew people answered the call of freedom, we too must heed its voice.”
A few months ago, I was approached with a request to become involved in a then-secret mission: to examine one of the very few high-medieval Haggadahs still in private hands.
In the international gothic style.
The Worms mahzor.
A sumptuous new book collects 100 examples of decorated and illuminated haggadahs from across Europe, Israel, America, and beyond.
“All who are hungry, come and eat . . . ”
Soldier in art.
And the traditional importance of Maimonides’ principles of faith.
The first anti-Semite.
A lawsuit over the fate of a medieval manuscript.
We owe a legacy of anger to the past.
The answer depends on how one punctuates the Bible’s Passover story.
