The Haggadah: Battle for Jewish Sovereignty and Against Anti Zionist Judaism

The survival of the Jewish people will be won or lost at the Seder table. The Haggadah: Zionism's Drama of Destiny contends that the Haggadah is not a quaint ritual text but a dramatic battle plan for Jewish sovereignty.The Haggadah's authors identified anti-Zionist Judaism with Amalek-the force that rises in every generation to blot out Zion. Amalek reappears as the Wicked Son, seeking to sap Jewish resolve and sever the covenant linking Israel to God through Jewish statehood. Structured as a five-act drama-from the breaking of the matzah to the plea to "pour out [Your] wrath" upon Amalek-the Seder reenacts the passage from slavery to sovereignty and trains each generation to defend Jewish destiny.At a moment when anti-Zionist movements seek to redefine redemption as the repudiation of Jewish statehood, Goldberg restores the Haggadah's original purpose: mobilizing a people to sustain sovereignty, fulfill their covenant, and overcome Amalek-ancient or modern, external or internal.