Holiday cooking

Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89

Her first cookbook, “Kosher Cuisine,” was published in 1984 by Random House and adapted a variety of international recipes for kosher cooks.

Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89.
ALDO’s Flowers collection

Flowers and butterflies – the fashion brand kicks off the holiday season

 Tannaz Sassooni shows off an Erev Yalda spread in Los Angeles in December 2023. Rachel Sumekh, her collaborator, stands at the back wearing red.

The Persian winter solstice tradition of Yalda pairs perfectly with Hanukkah

 Mimi Neeman and the Ma’afeh Neeman Collection in Memory of Nadav Noller

Nadav's donuts: Ne'eman Bakery honors a fallen soldier


Letters from the front

Jewish soldiers serving during the American Civil War tell stories of their Passover Seders in correspondence home

Union soldier J.A. Joel of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment.

The four sons

Open up the page of the Four Sons in any illuminated Haggada – be it medieval or modern – and you’ll almost surely be viewing a commentary on the Jews of that period through the lens of these figures

The Four Sons, from the ‘Eliyahu Sidi Haggadah,’ 2007.

The blood libel Haggada

How the identity of the author of ‘The Monk’s Haggadah’ was uncovered makes for a gripping detective story

The Monk’s Haggadah

Fusing modern and traditional in the kitchen

Kosher cookbooks have come a long way from your grandmother’s synagogue publication.

Opera Cake from ‘The New Passover Menu’

Passover perspective

Has the Halacha changed in the days since I got married? Why is everything so much crazier today?

Making matza in Ashdod.

Charoset Ben & Jerry's: Who's brave enough to try?

Specialty ice cream allows Jews to indulge during the holiday season.

Ben&Jerry's finds its way to the Seder plate this Passover

Hanging out and about on Purim

We are spoiled for choice this year as the country celebrates the festive holiday.

The Adloyada at Ein Hod

Holiday in: Purim spiel

Make these traditional desserts with poppy seeds.

Cheese and poppy seed pie

Israeli hoteliers see continued tourist decline in first half of 2015

Association's president calls for reducing regulation and creating a national body to linking the various tourism businesses.

Sunset at the Leonardo Hotel Ashkelon’s pool

Off the red carpet and into the frying pan

Two years after being filmed, the VIP season of ‘MasterChef ’ – starring Pnina Tornai, Norman Issa and Noam Tor among other famous faces – is finally being aired.

THE CONTESTANTS on the VIP season of ‘Master Chef’ this year pose in the show’s kitchen.