Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben (Roaring Brook/Macmillan) At first glance, nothing especially “Jewish” jumps out from the pages of Jane Breskin Zalben’s Mousterpiece a picture book dubbed a

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

FILMs My Lovely Sister Dipping into tales told by his Moroccan grandmother, director Marco Carmel conjures a magical realist tale of sibling rivalry that crosses

The Lawgiver: A Novel by Herman Wouk. (Simon & Schuster, 256 pp. $25.99) Herman Wouk’s new novel, The Lawgiver, will not be ranked among his best but

Getting It Right The Centennial Issue of Hadassah Magazine (August/September issue) is the celebration of volunteer effort that our members have longed to see in print. Kol HaKavod to

Fifty Shades Breaking Records in Israel Fifty Shades of Grey (Vintage), the saucy smash hit romance novel by E.L. James, has taken hold of women’s imaginations in

FILMS Orchestra of Exiles Today, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is considered one of the world’s finest, but in 1936, the idea of forming a world-class

Fiction The World Without You by Joshua Henkin. (Pantheon, 336 pp. $25.95) Joshua Henkin’s third novel, The World Without You, deals with a large, complicated Jewish family