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Village of Idiots

While the fables of Chelm have come to be seen as products of a quintessentially Jewish culture, their history begins not with Jews in Poland, but with Christians in Germany.Making a Hash of the Haggadah

The impulse to revise and update the prescribed Passover service remains unquenchable, yielding results that range from the odd to the preposterous. An Abundance of Haggadot

Through the Haggadah, wrote the late Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, "the memory of the nation is annually revived . . . and the collective hope sustained." Yet precisely that sense of the collective seems absent from many of today's Haggadot, even the best of them.Journey to Freedom

In the the Koren Ethiopian Haggada, rare photos show the arduous, sometimes fatal journey through the Sudan to freedom, as well as initial interactions with modern technology. A Series of Unfortunate Segments

There is immodesty in the notion that newness, and one's own signature, will suffice. The New American Haggadah is abundantly a labor of love, but love is not enough.    Freedom Tales

From a medieval manuscript to the script for an interfaith seder, a new crop of Haggadot shows that the old words still hold their own.     The Writing on the Synagogue Wall

James Kugel warned of the "Ceremonial Hall Synagogue," the "Nostalgia Center," and the "Davening Club." Are we witnessing the demise of the synagogue—and should we try to save it?Dovecoattails

"Can you build an organization which is an alternative and not attract all the haters of Israel?"  Forty years ago, the pressure group Breira tried it—and J Street's director is hoping the comparison works in his organization's favor.