Should God be put second?
For Donniel Hartman, putting God second is a way of maintaining a…
Did Franz Kafka have a son?
Before you begin reading Curt Leviant’s latest novel, Kafka’s Son (Dzanc Books,…
From cardboard to folktales
Books can take you to the most captivating places. Not always happy…
Quirky fiction meets history
Two quirky books. Both historically based, both written with humor, both dark…
Some of the magic of Israel
In writing Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)…
Her mother’s 100 favorites
In my collection of cookbooks is The Complete International Jewish Cookbook by…
An apple-honey cake
Add some apples to your honey cake this year. (photo by Barry…
Celebrate sweetness
The High Holidays are all about family and friends coming together and…
Museums adapt using tech
Museloop’s app that it created for Israel Museum. (photo from Museloop via…
Another planet earth?
An artist’s impression of the newly discovered planet, Proxima Centauri b. (photo…
