Have you ever found yourself bored at the seder table on Passover night? Of course you have. Now why is that? Because you didn't have this book!...

Martin Bodek
Martin Bodek

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Daf Yomi participant, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night.

A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Jewish Press, Country Yossi Magazine, Modern Magazine, The Jewish Link of NJ, The Jewish Book Council, scoogiespin, israelinsider, bangitout, jewcentral, Jew in the City, Aish, and Shepherd. His work was translated for Germany’s only weekly Jewish newspaper, The Jüdische Allgemeine. Zaidy’s War was translated into Yiddish and serialized in Der Yid. He is the co-creator of TheKnish.com, a popular Jewish news satire site, the beat reporter for JRunners, the surname columnist for jewishworldreview, the cufflink columnist for The Jewish Link of NJ, and is part of the Word Prompt rotation in The Jewish Press

The Emoji Haggadah, The Festivus Haggadah, The Coronavirus Haggadah, and The Shakespeare Haggadah generated much praise and media attention, and were covered in The Jewish Week, The Jewish Link of NJ, Jewish Vues, Vos Iz Neias, Jewish Book Council, northjersey, The Forward, Jewish Journal, J-Wire, Vox, The Jewish Press, The Jewish Fund, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Jüdische Allgemeine, Moked, various blogs, eater, nj1015, New York Shakespeare Instagram Live, The Cindy Grosz Show, and The New York Times.

Zaidy’s War, the memoir of his grandfather’s unreal WWII experience, launched Martin on an international, multi-venue public speaking/podcast/Zoom talk/book club tour that remains ongoing.

His latest, The Dad Jokes Haggadah is his thirteenth book. He’ll eat it up, he loves it so. 

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10,000 Books Sold! Happy Birthday to Me! So I turned The Big 5-0 over the

So I turned The Big 5-0 over the 2nd days of Passover.

I spent it with my family, who showered me with cards and gifts and love. It was wonderful.

Also wonderful was the lead-up...

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My Annual Passover "Vinch" (Wish) Hi! This Pre-passover season has gone

Hi! This Pre-passover season has gone quite swimmingly for The Dad Jokes Haggadah, in various forms. To wit:

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Plus, Gil...

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...And Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City Will you be in, near, around, or

Will you be in, near, around, or headed past Atlantic City this Sunday? Take a detour to Chabad of the Shore in middle of your day to listen to me chatter about my haggadot.

You...

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