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Baking Soda to the Rescue
If you’ve resolved to add “green” practices into your daily routine, writer Karen Siegel-Maier’s new book provides just the incentive to get started.






Inspired Tale Telling

Dara Horn’s new novel, inspired by the Civil War,has contemporary resonance.

An Inside Look at the Life of a Military Family 

Alison Buckholtz describes the challenges of being a Navy wife and mother of two.

 



 

The Stories Behind the Icons 

Those square boards of matzo whose presence we take for granted on our Seder tables owe a debt of gratitude to one family. Laura Manischewitz Alpern captures its story in her book, Manischewitz: The Matzo Family—The Making of an American Jewish Icon (Ktav, $25).

 


Moral Guidance

How much charity should we give?
How can we act justly in our lives?
Is euthanasia permissible?
How do you comfort a mourner?

 

Challenging Convention

In the postwar years, or so the prevailing view suggests, American Jews chose not to draw attention to the Holocaust, whether from fear, shame or the desire to assimilate. 

 


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