Archives for March 2017

Expressing Jewish thought and belief through weaving, quilting, crocheting and other needle arts is the motivational heart of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework.

Chaya Deitsch’s chronicle of her life in the Lubavitch community reveals an undisguised, wistful nostalgia for the culture she turned her back on.

Adam Kirsch’s brilliant, well-researched work looks at Jewish texts over the past 2,500 years.

Curt Leviant’s latest novel incorporates great moments of madcap comedy as well as pays homage to the world’s best postmodernist novelists.

The best-selling novelist plumbs her own tortuous path to happily ever after.

Reviews of the latest from writers Adam LeBor and Jamie Metzl.

Ever wondered what the "syndrome associated with cutting vegetables on Passover" is? Then try to figure out 19 Across, and the rest of our holiday-themed crossword.

Jessica Chastain plays Antonina Zabinski, a woman who risks her life to save 300 Polish Jews from the gas chambers.