A group of Hadassah doctors and researchers are hunting down the biological roots of rare pediatric disorders.

FICTION The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol. (W.W. Norton, 273 pp. $24.95) As Molly Antopol’s absorbing eight stories evolve—all of them moving, unresolved but satisfying explorations

At hip West Los Angeles congregation Ikar, Friday night services might start with a drum-infused, Mizrahic Yedid Nefesh, followed by a familiar Carlebach melody marked

Today, everyone agrees that Hebrew roots have three letters, but the example of gimel, vet gives us cause to wonder.

Order a pastry from the Skirball’s Zeidler’s Café and enjoy it in a setting designed by contemporary Austrian artist Isa Rosenberger that evokes the storied