FROM THE ARCHIVES: WHAT WALL?:

The Hagadah: The story of a People in flux: Pay close attention to the primary Passover text you pick. It says much about the society we live -- and lived -- in (Rabbi Berel Wein, 4/04. Jewish World Review)

There have been numerous revisionist Hagadahs printed and distributed over the centuries. In the early twentieth century, the believing Leftists amongst us produced a Hagadah according to the teachings of Marx and Engels. It was intended not so much to remember the Exodus from Egypt as it was to extol the wonders of socialism and communism and trumpet the collapse of the capitalist chains that enslaved the proletariat.

Somehow, Stalin diminished the popularity of this Hagadah though there are still kibbutzim in Israel that have such Leftist Hagadahs in use. Jews are true believers till the end. For all of us raised in the United States in the early and middle parts of the last century, the "Maxwell House" Hagadah was a staple of our existence. Many food companies and supermarkets produced Hagadahs that they distributed "free" to their customers.

Safe to assume the Kerry's use the Stalinist version.

[Originally posted: April 2, 2004]

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 29, 2010 1:58 PM