{"product_id":"haggadah-a-celebration-of-freedom-paperback","title":"Haggadah: A Celebration of Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Shelley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaggadah means \"the telling.\" The escape from Egypt is the defining legend, the central drama of the Jews. Every nation coalesces around such an epic; its people project themselves into the story, aspire to the virtues of its heroes, and through periodic retelling or dramatization, transmit their values to the next generation. The traditional Haggadah offers a set of instructions for conducting the Passover service, interspersed with readings from the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, legends, prayers, hymns and children's songs. Written by men and addressing men, the traditional text has not historically offered much space for women to see themselves as fully involved in or spoken to by the powerful drama of human freedom articulated by the Haggadah. In \u003cem\u003eHaggadah: A Celebration of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, Martha Shelley brings a new vision to the traditional text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Martha Shelley's feminist Haggadah is a model of clarity infused with poetry and beautiful language. Jewish women who have felt shut out of the traditional ceremony will savor this fresh, exquisitely sensitive interpretation of the Passover seder. \u003c\/em\u003e-- Susan Brownmiller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Shelley, a longtime feminist and gay activist, was raised in a Jewish home. As a child at Passover, she \"always wanted to ask the Four Questions, but I wasn't a youngest son or any kind of son at all.\" As an adult, her response was to write \u003cem\u003eHaggadah: A Celebration of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e. Immediately after the Stonewall riot she organized the first gay protest march, which morphed into the gay pride marches that now take place around the world. She has authored three books of poetry, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the DMZ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Lovers and Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eReleased From the Wheel\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a trilogy about Jezebel, Queen of Israel in the 9th Century BCE. Her short stories, essays, and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies. Her most recent book is a memoir, \u003cem\u003eWe Set the Night on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e. She now lives in Portland OR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 58\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46592936870085,"sku":"9781879960534","price":17.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/4k37xOHmvt9781879960534.webp?v=1785067562","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/haggadah-a-celebration-of-freedom-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}