Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine's parenting columnist, is the author of The Field Guide to North American Males and the co-author of Hungry.
A Very New Window in a Very Old Shul
The Museum at Eldridge Street’s welcome makeover
Get It Better
Bullying is wrong, but so are facile solutions
Oh, Sylvia
Pioneering feminist comics artist Nicole Hollander has drawn her big-haired, big-nosed heroine for 30 years
All the Happy Couples
The ‘N.J. Jewish Standard’ strikes gay partners from its pages
K’tonton Time
The vintage children’s book about a Jewish Tom Thumb still speaks to today’s kids
The End
Finishing the Torah cycle, like finishing a scary children’s book, provides a much-needed sense of accomplishment
The Grave Outdoors
To the neurotic urban parent, Sukkot might as well be called Booths of Death
Hunger Games
How a current best-seller gets Yom Kippur shockingly right
Recycling Time
Rosh Hashanah, a reminder of the cyclical nature of Jewish life, provides good lessons for parenting
The Macaroons Sing ‘Apples and Honey’
Not your grandpa’s Rosh Hashanah song
Ben-Gurion
The Eichmann Trial
Sacred Trash
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




