Holiday cooking

In the kitchen with Henny: Celebrating in the sukkah

I love Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with their days of prayer, reflection, and forgiveness, but there is something so special about sitting in a cozy sukkah.

Crispy potato cups.
Tenne.

Tenne offers gourmet kosher food for effortless holiday hosting - review

American Pulled Beef Hamantaschen

In the kitchen with Henny: An international Purim celebration

Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89.

Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89


'Local honey production insufficient to meet national needs'

In both Israel and abroad, about one-third of the bee population has disappeared.

A beekeeper removes a honeycomb frame from a bee hive

Food: Cheese Italiana

A variety of Italian-style dishes that will put the cheese front and center during your Shavuot feast.

Penne melanzane

Enjoy Lag Ba'omer but avoid preventable injuries

Bonfires should never been lit without a responsible adult supervising.

A bonfire seen on Lag Ba'omer

Letters from the front

Jewish soldiers serving during the American Civil War tell stories of their Passover Seders in correspondence home

Union soldier J.A. Joel of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment.

The four sons

Open up the page of the Four Sons in any illuminated Haggada – be it medieval or modern – and you’ll almost surely be viewing a commentary on the Jews of that period through the lens of these figures

The Four Sons, from the ‘Eliyahu Sidi Haggadah,’ 2007.

The blood libel Haggada

How the identity of the author of ‘The Monk’s Haggadah’ was uncovered makes for a gripping detective story

The Monk’s Haggadah

Fusing modern and traditional in the kitchen

Kosher cookbooks have come a long way from your grandmother’s synagogue publication.

Opera Cake from ‘The New Passover Menu’

Passover perspective

Has the Halacha changed in the days since I got married? Why is everything so much crazier today?

Making matza in Ashdod.

Charoset Ben & Jerry's: Who's brave enough to try?

Specialty ice cream allows Jews to indulge during the holiday season.

Ben&Jerry's finds its way to the Seder plate this Passover

Hanging out and about on Purim

We are spoiled for choice this year as the country celebrates the festive holiday.

The Adloyada at Ein Hod