Preparing for Passover is a difficult chore. It is also an exercise in unearthing family memory and meaning. “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs

Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabsits all so complicated. Actually, complicated might be a compliment. It beats the stereotypes that tend to stifle discussion. Take

March 15, 2010 Passover Recipes This week we received a request for a photograph from a 1938 issue of the Hadassah Newsletter. Because the exact month

Looking for culinary inspiration this Passover, for Seder meals and every day? These recipes from our popular Hadassah Jewish Holiday Cookbook marry traditional Passover dishes and techniques

In this one-person exhibition, artist Galia Gur Zeev presents two series of photographs exploring family gatherings around the dining table, which join together to form

In his foreword to In Every Generation: The JDC Haggadah (Devora Publishing. 96 pages; $24.95 cloth; $17.95 paper), Rabbi Joseph Telushkin describes the “Joint’s” new

In the convulsive times in which we live, all tradition is called into question, whether religious, social, political or academic. It is therefore no surprise

Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs its all so complicated. Actually, complicated might be a compliment. It beats the stereotypes that tend to stifle discussion.