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

No two democracies are exactly alike. Each has its own quirks and none gets everything right. Seeing America and Israel conduct elections over the past

Falling in the spring, Passover is the perfect time to appreciate all things outdoors. And it is hardly surprising that gifts for hosts, for kids or

I am standing at my white kitchen counter feeding sticky ingredients into a food mixer: clumps of dates, walnut pieces from a cellophane packet, slices

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

While the “appetizers” for Seder nights are religiously predetermined—think haroset, hardboiled eggs and the Hillel sandwich—the actual dinner remains pleasantly free of ritual dishes (unless

The middle days of Passover are when cooking and menu planning become a challenge—when you’re not necessarily looking to impress large crowds and, more than