A pair of young New Yorkers with decidedly old souls took up the challenge of re-creating the beloved gefilte fish as well as rethinking classics like kugel.

The show still revolves around the romantic entanglements among a group of friends but added historical context makes for a richer story.

A thoughtful—and funny—documentary asks if there is any subject off limits to comedy.

These hamantaschen are indulgently filled with crushed pineapple, chopped nuts, apricot jam and prunes. Think of them as scrumptious kitchen-sink Purim cookies.

An exhibit on Marc Chagall set on the grounds of the Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Florida focuses on the artist as naturalist.

Shapiro has overlaid her story with the slightly implausible tale of the fictional Alizée Benoit, a promising French-born Jewish artist who mysteriously disappears.

As Philippe Sands writes in this indispensable book, “international law offered few constraints on the majority’s treatment of minorities and no rights for individuals."

Friedman argues that the morass Israel encountered in Lebanon was a precursor to the struggles Western societies now face.