The Unorthodox Haggadah: A Dogma-free Passover for Jews and Other Chosen People Paperback – February 3, 2015

I'm orthodox from birth aka FFB (frum from birth...and/or frum from brooklyn) while nobody's confusing this with artscoll or sacks...there IS a place for this and the dimension it adds to the seder especially the second half of the second night ...hey we're the people who invented irreverence (or was it wholesale?...or maybe guilt?)...anyway having just completed my 54th seder about a month ago, all i can say is, a lot of whats in here is reminiscent of the sidebar conversations at our seder...and if i end up in hell for this, i hope they don't seat me next to hugh hefner because it'll be really embarrassing to tell him why I'm there considering why he'll (probably) be there.

It is quite funny and has some "inappropriate" language, not normally heard at a Seder. We had a wide range of ages at our Seder and everyone thought it was a different approach to the Haggadah. I can see how a more Traditional person could take offense, however. It did cover the basic requirements of a Seder. Best of all, everyone participated! Meanwhile, in the spirit of this Haggadah, we expanded on some of the wording and ideas. Considering the degrees of observance, though, some people thought we could do even more but generally, it made for a warm and thoughtful Seder.

I am about as reformed as you can be, but this was a little too loosey goosey for me. I wanted to do something different to engage my teenagers, but even they thought it was a little too casual for a seder. I also thought the price was high, as the text was extremely short.

This is a funny,thought provoking Haggadah. It provides spiritual guidance for Pesach, and tells the story without being heavy on the Hashem, so to speak.I am not sure I would use it to have a Seder with, but soome of the ideas and suggestions could be incorporated into a Seder, albeit not a strictly traditional one.I collect Haggadahs and this is one I will add to my permanent collection.

I bought one to check it out, then bought 9 more so we could use it at our smaller, second night seder. Definitely for a particular audience and not for younger children (which should be obvious). Even those in our group who tend to get bored even when creative elements are added to our regular seder found this very entertaining, engaging and challenging as well.

It had promise. It really did. But there were so many inaccuracies that it was unusable. Even if it's a secular version of the seder, it needs to have accurate information. For example, the seder as a custom did not come until far, far after Jesus supposedly lived. The last supper could not have been a seder.

Funny and educational

Our son went to a seder and this haggadah was passed around. He wanted a copy for himself and just began to look at it, but suffice to say it isn't your usual haggadah. It is definitely an unusual read.

This is an extremely well written book. I am a religious ritual curious agnostic & I LOVED the unorthodox Haggadah.

Bought it for passover and when we used it realized how stupid it was