Summer means more than livin’ easy. It means Young Judaea camps and Israel programs. It means Zionist General Council and Jewish Agency meetings in Jerusalem,

My first encounter with fake bacon came in the form of Bac-Os—those mildly repulsive yet highly addictive pellet-like nuggets with a dubiously long shelf life—which

Sarah Shapiro has spent much of her life buffeted between two poles. The daughter of Norman Cousins—the writer and editor known, among other things, for

I’m breathless. What a remarkable Hadassah year this has been. As I write these words I’m attending meetings in London, where I’ve been brainstorming and

Koussevitzky, Bernstein, Copland, Fleisher, Abravanel, Levine—names that are intricately woven into the history of these bucolic hills. From Memorial Day, when the vegetable gardens go

From the Galilee to the Negev, a boutique wine and cheese trail has emerged, appealing to an increasingly sophisticated Israeli palette. The Sea Horse Winery

An Ethiopian Jewish filmmaker was optimistic that the hard times were finally behind him. Then he was called on to sacrifice once more. It was

For centuries, Shakespeare’s usurious Jew has been held in contempt. A recent upsurge in his portrayal has shed a more sympathetic light. Thumbing through the