Becoming Free : A New Look at the Ancient Lesson : A Haggadah for Passover (English, Hebrew and Hebrew Edition)

This haggadah focuses on the Torah account of how to celebrate Passover, with vigilance, rather than on the traditional manner of celebration, on pillows, in the style of a Roman banquet. And it emphasizes the survival value of the Torah account.

Howard S. Rubenstein was born in Chicago in 1931. He received his Jewish education mostly at Anshe Emet Synagogue when Solomon Goldman was rabbi. Howard received his B.A. magna cum laude from Carleton College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and won the Noyes Prize for excellence in Greek studies. Rubenstein received his M.D. degree from the Harvard Medical School and has been a physician for over 40 years, most of them at Harvard University. He is currently retired.

Judith S. Rubenstein was born in New York in 1942. She grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her knowledge of Judaism came mainly from her parents. Her father was the clinical psychologist and Hebrew scholar, Kalman Selig, Ph.D. Judy received her B.A. from Wellesley College, and M.A.T. and Ed.D. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the senior author of "Essentials of Reading and Writing English," an adult literacy series published by National Textbook Company. She and her husband, Howard, have together written the book "Songs of the Seder," which can accompany any haggadah. Judy sings "Songs of the Seder," available on CD, companion recording to the song book of the same name.