Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine's parenting columnist, is the author of The Field Guide to North American Males and the co-author of Hungry.
Raving Stitches
Hebrew Union’s exhibit of quilts and other textiles highlights an unheralded art and its spiritual messages
Name That Cat
Why, yes, it *is* a slow news day, why do you ask?
Gag Order
As Hanukkah’s end nears, a cheeky guide to some last-minute gift possibilities
Children of the Book
Part II: As Hanukkah approaches, a look at the year’s best Jewish books for older kids
Children of the Book
As Hanukkah approaches, a look at the year’s best Jewish picture books
The Others
Several new books for children and young adults ask us to see the world through Palestinian kids’ eyes
Out of the Silence
A new young-adult novel tackles sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox world
I Wish They All Could Be Jewish Derby Girls
Like Ruth Hater Ginsburg and Mazel Tov Cocktail
Restoring Parenting Sanity
While Colbert and Stewart face off in D.C., parents, too, hover between sanity and fear
Grover the Jew
Get ready for a new ‘Shalom Sesame’
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
Sounding Off
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
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Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
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Pregnant Pause
Pregnancies are fertile ground for superstition, especially for those who assume their traditions and lucky charms are based in Jewish lawby Allison HoffmanHeroine Stupor
Wanted Women, a new joint biography of two Muslim women, refuses to distinguish between an al-Qaida terrorist and a feminist intellectualby Andrew RobertsSt. Leonard’s Passion
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th album, Old Ideas. The troubadour and poet hasn’t always been popular, but he is always profound.by Liel LeibovitzKeep the Faith
The battered Israeli left can advance its agenda only if it learns to stop fearing religion and embrace the notion of the Chosen Peopleby Liel LeibovitzVigor Juice
Jews and Booze, a fascinating new history of Prohibition-era bootleggers, barmen, rabbis, and cops, picks up where HBO’s Boardwalk Empire leaves offby Allan Nadler




