Passover is sometimes known as Hag Ha-aviv, the festival of spring. Evoke the hues and warmth of the season when you shop for gifts this year—particularly welcome
When we look at the season’s latest Haggadot—for there will always be new, exciting, original, modern versions—we have to ask: What makes them truly different
I am standing at my white kitchen counter feeding sticky ingredients into a food mixer: clumps of dates, walnut pieces from a cellophane packet, slices
First Readers Lotsa Matzah by Tilda Balsey. Illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez. (Kar-Ben, 12 pp. $5.95) This simple rhyming board book sweetly tells how we left Egypt
While the “appetizers” for Seder nights are religiously predetermined—think haroset, hardboiled eggs and the Hillel sandwich—the actual dinner remains pleasantly free of ritual dishes (unless