He has published articles in Hebrew and English and has recently edited, translated and provided commentary for a Passover Haggadah. |
In honor of the first Seder tonight, a re-link to a tough review by Leon Weiseltier of a new translation of the Passover Haggadah. |
The Passover prayer book, the Haggadah, which calls on God to pour his wrath onto the nations, may, he suggests, be a good place to start. |
The last words of the Passover Haggadah, the liturgy used for the Seder, are a good example. |
So the Haggadah also reflects the sense of grief, helplessness — and craving for retaliation — that many rabbis cultivated over the centuries. |
In every generation, my Haggadah teaches me, bigots rise up to discriminate against and attack minorities. |