April is a time of commemorations. On Passover, we celebrate our freedom from Egyptian slavery, and a women’s Seder adds a different spin on an

Fiction People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks.(Viking, 372 pp. $25.95) Although People of the Book may call to mind Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s

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A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers,/ There was a lack of woman’s nursing, there was a dearth of woman’s tears…. a Caroline

Over the past 10 years, the number of patients assigned to the ICU has increased, and Hadassah is actively developing the technology and the space