Ten years ago, Chicago lawyer Stephen Durchslag began a uniquecollection of Passover prayer books. Today, his collection of 3,500Haggadoth - including one dating back to 1506 - is the largestprivate grouping of its kind in the nation.
"Why Is This Night Different? Passover Haggadot from theCollection of Stephen P. Durchslag" is on display now incommemoration of Passover (which starts Sunday) at the NorthwesternUniversity Library in Evanston.
The free public exhibit highlights 60 of Durchslag's mostremarkable books, including one Haggadah from Chicago that dates backmore than a century and depicts the pressures on Jews to assimilateAmerican values and behaviors …
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