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The Sarajevo Haggadah by John Flood, Library Manager, Grand Central LibraryJune 16, 2010

For any manmade thing to survive for over five hundred years is an amazing. For it to be a Jewish book in Europe is a miracle.

Geraldine Brooks tells the story of such a miraculous happening in People of the Book. Join the Hudson Park Book Discussion Saturday, July 10, from 10:30 to 12 noon and we will discuss the fascinating journey of this book, an illuminated Haggadah, a prayer book used during Passover. You can get a copy at Hudson Park, or most branches of The New York Public Library.

By the way, one of the book's heroes is a librarian.

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