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Von den Festen Pessach, Chanukka oder Purim bis hin zum Gedenken an die großen Wellen der Vernichtung: Das Judentum ist geprägt von der Erinnerung. So bildet der biblische Imperativ »Sachor: Erinnere Dich!« die Grundlage für die gemeinsame Identität und das Überleben der Juden als Gemeinschaft. Umso erstaunlicher ist, dass sich im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen zeitgenössischen Kulturen in der jüdischen Tradition seit der Zerstörung des Tempels und dem Beginn der Diaspora bis zur Moderne praktisch kaum eine Geschichtsschreibung findet.In seiner wegweisenden Untersuchung geht Yosef...

Haggadah & History is much more than a history of the Passover story. It is also a mirror of the last five centuries in Jewish history as reflected in the haggadah itself. Two hundred facsimile plates reproduce representative pages from rare printed haggadot in two of the world's outstanding Judaica collections: the libraries of Harvard University and The Jewish Theological Seminary. This visual history is complemented by Professor Yerushalmi s fascinating historical introduction and richly detailed place descriptions. The result is a rare blend of scholarship and art."

"Mr. Yerushalmi's previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community's most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship." - New York Times Book Review

Jews in exile have often struggled for the protection of the highest governmental power, whether king, emperor, caliph, or pope, because they learned early that their safety could not be entrusted to the goodwill of their gentile neighbors or the local authorities. Alexandrian Jews in the Hellenistic period relied on Imperial Rome instead of their native Alexandria, and Jews in medieval Europe sought ties with the Carolingian emperors, circumventing all inferior feudal relationships. In all such cases of vertical alliances Jews have both gained and lost.
In this landmark study, Yosef...