A revolutionary Haggadah for a revolutionary moment.
Originally published in 1927 by the Soviet Commissariat for Nationalities, Haggadah for Believers and Heretics is a biting political reimagining of the Passover ritual. Moyshe Altshuler, a Jewish Communist organizer, takes the form of the traditional Haggadah and repurposes it as a powerful weapon for revolutionary consciousness, transforming the Exodus story into a lesson on class struggle, socialist internationalism, and the fight against all forms of reaction—including Zionism.
This first-ever English translation, complete with its original Yiddish text, appears at a time when the contradictions of Zionism have reached a breaking point, and as the Palestinian resistance fights for liberation against the Israeli settler-colonial project. In a world where the language of liberation is so often co-opted to justify occupation and apartheid, Altshuler’s Haggadah stands as a reminder that Jewish radicalism has always been anti-Zionist, always been internationalist, and has always placed its faith in solidarity, not nationalism. With a new introduction by Noah Leininger situating the text in its historical and political context, this edition is essential reading for those seeking to understand the deep historical roots of Jewish resistance to Zionism, and the necessity of a truly internationalist struggle against imperialism today.