![]() ![]() This book feels like a story she has long wanted to tell. At that time, she says, no one knew where the Haggadah was. This may be a religious document but it is also a work of art and history and can be treasured by those of different faiths.īrooks actually served as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal during the Bosnian War. Brooks characterizes this as a symbol of peace among religions and cultures. It is also special in that it was rescued most recently not by a Jew but by a Muslim librarian. Through all of those times, people hid it and preserved it, until in 2002 it was placed on exhibition at the Sarajevo National Museum. It has survived through extremely turbulent times for Jews and other groups, from the Spanish Inquisition to the Holocaust to the Bosnian War. The Sarajevo Haggadah, unusual for its colorful and detailed illustrations, is believed to have been created as a wedding gift in the 1300s. A Haggadah is a book that tells the story of Passover, which celebrates the freedom of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. People of the Book is a fictionalized history of a real, and fascinating document, the Sarajevo Haggadah. ![]()
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