i did not realise he was still alive ... i'd always wanted to meet rabbi klausner. his obit in the ny times is here. when i was stuck looking for a subject for my rabbinic ma thesis, my father handed me a photocopied pamphlet of this haggadah:
i had never seen a text like this one, which ended with 'shefoch chamatcha' ('pour out thy wrath') - a prayer i also did not know since the reform text had omitted this first line. and so my thesis on the apologetic and polemic motifs in the passover haggadah was born :-)
may rabbi klausner's family and friends be consoled with the mourners of zion and jerusalem.
Thank you for your kind words. My father would have been happy to help with your thesis and I'm sure you two would have had a lot to talk about. Jeremy Klausner
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