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’