What happens when Czar Nicholas's local official in the shtetl is incorruptible and the Jews worry how to guarantee a good New Year?

Rosh Hashana begins on September 24, as does the Shmita year.

Leading a Seder is not for the faint of heart. You have to know your audience. It requires fortitude and commitment, which can be difficult

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

The ubiquity of the tri-cornered Purim cookie hits you in the face when thumbing through a stack of kosher cookbooks (which I do on a

The story of Purim—with its fairy-tale rendering of a rebellious queen and the beautiful Jewish woman who takes her place, of a king who is

Paula Shoyer is a serious baker. So many cookbooks—lovely, inspiring, must-own collections—are authored by self-taught home chefs who have turned cooking into a passion. But

Hanukka celebrations include family and tradition, good food and get-togethers and, of course, dreidel showdowns and the lighting of the menora. And yet it has