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Did Adam have a taste for mince pies?

An ancient rabbinic text suggests an intriguing link between Chanucah and other midwinter festivities.

How to take the no-sugar challenge

Giving up sugar for the New Year? Nutritionist Laura Southern has some tips on which foods can help you beat your sweet tooth

Interview: Chava Alberstein

After more than 40 years, the veteran singer is still a favourite with the Israeli public and still battling for acceptance abroad.

Coming to a field near you

A host of Jewish acts are performing at festivals around the country in the next few weeks.

The real refugee problem? Bigotry

Flavour of the month: now fast-food is healthy, tasty and Middle Eastern

How I became an artisan grocer

David Josephs is passionate about ‘life beyond the supermarket’ and in a new business direction is opening up artisan food shops

Why is this Seder different from all others?

Looking ahead to Passover, we find out why some foodies will not be sitting down to chicken soup with matzah balls later this month

Haimishe, the hot comfort food

We investigate why Jewish food is suddenly sexy.

Palestinian UN bid: so much for the diplomatic tsunami

Interview: Patrick Stewart

The Merchant of Venice isn't anti-Jewish. It's anti-Christian

Interview: Martin Sherman

Onassis was a monster. It’s what draws me to him

Ahmadinejad: welcome to Iran's western axis

Ahmadinejad’s Lebanon visit part of plan to tighten grip over region

How the would-be Oldham terrorists became radicalised

Why Josh Katz can’t wait to pop up in Elstree

And why the chef known for his Middle Eastern menus, is all about Ashkenazi for new year

With Assad gone, now is the time to bomb Iran’s nukes

If one message has emerged in intelligence circles in recent weeks it is that Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is not all it was cracked up to be. The Ayatollah is sitting atop a papier mâché fort