Books & Haggadah

Hebrew printing in Venice, censorship and burning, the 1609 Venice Haggadah and the New Venice Haggadah of our century.

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  The Jewish book in Venice: histories, media, metaphors

  How Venice became the capital of Hebrew printing in the sixteenth century, from Daniel Bomberg's Talmud to the burning of 1553 and censorship, and why the book became a metaphor for Jewish life.

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  The New Venice Haggadah exhibition of 2016, and the 1609 book behind it

  A look back at the 2016 display of the New Venice Haggadah etchings at the Jewish Museum of Venice, and at the 1609 Venice Haggadah whose images they answered.

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  The New Venice Haggadah project: eight artists answer a book of 1609

  How eight artists spent a residency in Venice in 2015 making etchings in dialogue with the 1609 Venice Haggadah, and how the project became a printed Haggadah in 2021.