In many ways, France's first Jewish prime minister was typically French: He was a leftist intellectual, lawyer and writer as well as assimilated and mostly nonobservant.

Most of the illuminated works are Haggadot, siddurim, mahzorim, Esther scrolls, ketubot and psalms, some featuring single figures, others giving a broader narrative.

Dr. David Khayat’s The Anticancer Diet is subtitled "Reduce cancer risk through the foods you eat." Both as professor and practicing oncologist, Dr. Khayat’s goal in this book,…

On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein. (Simon & Schuster, 553 pp. $32.50) The “eve” in Bernard Wasserstein’s study

From Ratner's cheese blintzes and Charlotte Rousses to rugelach, egg creams and mandelbrot, sit back and enjoy everyone's favorite memories (and food!) from the Lower East Side of…

The Nazis dictated the terms of every American film screened in Germany—even after World War II broke out.

What makes the book so unusual and so commendable is that it can work well for readers at different levels and with varied knowledge of Talmud.

As Passover approaches, I am always curious to see if there is a new blockbuster haggada. I didn’t find one this year but there is