Hagodeh far Gloyber un Apikorsim [“An Hagadah for Believers and Atheists”]

AUCTION 1 |
Thursday, November 14th,
1996 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 159
(HAGADAH)
Hagodeh far Gloyber un Apikorsim [“An Hagadah for Believers and Atheists”]
Moscow: Tzentraler-Folker Verlag 1927
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
An example of the ferocious attack upon Jewish religious practice orchestrated by the Yevsektsia - the Jewish Section of the Communist Party. This violent parody of a Seder service was recited at mock Passover “celebrations”, part of the frenzied seasonal campaigns to eradicate any semblance of Jewish consciousness in the new Soviet Union. See J. Rothenberg, Jewish Religion in the Soviet Union, in: L. Kochan (ed.) The Jews in the Soviet Union Since 1917 (1970) pp.171-76