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


Spreading joy of Rosh Hashana for the needy

A look at how the IFCJ helps the less fortunate during the holidays.

YAEL ECKSTEIN, senior vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, gives a Rosh Hashana care package to a man yesterday in Jerusalem.

WATCH: Snakes in your green salad

Shoppers in the Israeli Shufersal chain were surprised to find a live snake in the vegetable department.

A snake in the supermarket

Fish flies off Israel's supermarket shelves ahead of holiday season

As holidays approach, Israelis stock up on the big necessities.

Apples and honey

Celebrate Shavuot as the holiday of water

Climate and special activities combine to make this year's festivities a unique vacation opportunity.

Bridge over tranquil water at Einot Fahm Nature Reserve

EU antisemitism czar: Jews must not grow up behind walls

At Conference of Rabbis, Katharina von Schnurbein laments that future of Europe’s Jews hangs in the balance.

A man wears a kippa.

Bread of independence

We appreciate our bread this holiday – but it wasn’t so long ago that the situation was starkly different

Hamburger

Kosher for Passover

Want to bring a special gift for Passover? Looking for solutions for this festive holiday? Here are a few new suggestions.

Max Brenner kosher-for-Passover chocolates

Sensitivity at the Seder table...

... would not go amiss

Porcelain 20th-century European Seder plate

Must Watch: Israeli comedian shares mother's famous sufgania recipe

Watch what happens when you forget to fill your sufgania...

Shahar Hason Sufgania

Fried potato winners for Hanukka

Root vegetable latkes