“The Magnes” announces the big, lit-up silver sign on the façade of the low-slung, burnt-orange building in downtown Berkeley, California. The modern 25,000-square-foot building, a former printing

Kosher entertaining not surprisingly changes in style and flair depending on the city, country—and continent. For a glimpse into the kosher world in South Africa,

With just three novels and several short stories, Nicole Krauss has captured the attention of the literary world for her rich and intellectually challenging fiction.

Films The Names of Love On the surface a romantic comedy about Arab-Jewish relations, French sociopolitics and the Holocaust, this charming film has characters chatting

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When the city of Lod decided to widen a road in 1996, archaeologist Miriam Avissar was called in. The construction was to take place near

If anyone ever doubted that the Internet was the great equalizer, the ascent of food bloggers is proof positive. Gone are the days when food