Homemade ‘Fig Newtons’ for a Post-Tu B’Shevat Treat
What to do with all that dried fruit you stockpiled for Tu B'Shevat? Why, make homemade Fig Newtons™, of course.
Miriam Pascal Is Back With ‘More Real Life Kosher Cooking’
Pascal is the writer, recipe developer and photographer behind Overtime Cook online and three print cookbooks.
Kirk Douglas, Iconic Jewish Movie Star, Dies at 103
Over a career that spanned 87 films, the blond, blue-eyed Douglas, dimpled chin thrust forward, was often cast as the toughest guy around, vanquishing hordes of Romans, Vikings…
Nina Safar Takes Kosher in the Kitch! Into Print
Nina Safar, the blogger behind the popular Kosher in the Kitch! screen name, is out with her debut cookbook, full of playful mashups and easy dinner ideas.
Rice Plov Is the Original Uzbeki One-Pot Family Meal
Today, plov has transitioned from a slow-cooked, stew-like affair to one that can be pulled together in about an hour.
‘1947,’ a Year That Defined the Modern World
In stark and understated prose, Elisabeth Asbrink juxtaposes seemingly random events of 1947 to construct a close-up picture of a that eventful year.
The Man Who Willingly Went to Auschwitz in ‘The Volunteer’
Journalist Jack Fairweather has written a riveting account of Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance leader who allowed himself to be captured by the Germans, in order to be sent…
What Was So Controversial About ‘The Siege of Tel Aviv’?
'The Siege of Tel Aviv' painstakingly imagines an invasion of the Jewish state by five Arab armies, led by Iran—and was condemned on social media for being Islamophobic.
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