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For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth

JL;DR SUMMARY Alon Gildoni and Ron Milo created "Haggadah on the Map," a free interactive map and printable PDF that places the Passover story in real-world geography. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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StorytellingJewish EducationPassoverIsraeli IdentityUnityCultural HeritageHaggadahFamily EngagementHistorical GeographyInteractive Map

Places mentioned

Israel
"In 2024, as Alon Gildoni and his brother-in-law, Ron Milo, prepared for Passover in Israel, they asked themselves a puzzling question: Where did the events described in the haggadah actually take place?"
Netherlands
"Gildoni, a product management expert originally from Israel based in the Netherlands, have combined research, archeological experts and modern mapping technology to create Haggadah on the Map,"
Egypt
"What started as a casual curiosity, including a rough sketch on the back of an envelope of the ancient Israelites exodus from Egypt, quickly took on a life of its own."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"He was born in Tel Aviv."

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