When we look at the season’s latest Haggadot—for there will always be new, exciting, original, modern versions—we have to ask: What makes them truly different

If the psychedelic paintings that greet you at the exhibit “Peter Max”—on display through February 23 at the Nassau County Museum in Roslyn Harbor, New

DVDs Mama Doni’s Jewish Holiday Party Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg give kids not only a whopping good time musically and in storytelling but offer

Lineup: A Novel By Liad Shoham. Translated by Sara Kitai. (HarperCollins, 320 pp. $25.99) Lineup is not Israel’s No. 1 thriller writer Liad Shoham’s first crime novel;

There is a healthy new crop of Jewish crime/thriller/mystery books by both newcomers and recognized authors, who have proven they can give us a great

Serach at the Seder: A Haggadah Supplement by Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum. (www.jewishspirit.com, 11 pp. $18) Have you heard of Serach bat Asher? Her name is mentioned

First Readers Lotsa Matzah by Tilda Balsey. Illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez. (Kar-Ben, 12 pp. $5.95) This simple rhyming board book sweetly tells how we left Egypt

For the Grownups… The Idelsohn Society Presents: ‘Twas the Night Before Hanukkah, The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of Lights This two-CD set keeps the two