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

Exhibits Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956-1966 During this decade, Robert Zimmerman left his Jewish home in Hibbing, Minnesota, and transformed himself into Bob Dylan (right)—folk

No Bones About It In this vegetarian take on the Seder plate, artist Suzanne Herzberg has substituted a blood-red beet for the shank bone. In

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Film Starting Out in the Evening Leonard Schiller wants his characters to do more in his final book, and so should this often slow-paced film.

Au Naturel For a decade now, Israelis Anita and David Halpert have been manufacturing high-quality baby clothes for Shilav, Israel’s largest baby outfitter. But their