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Essay Three Sets of Dishes Ellen Umansky is the author of The Fortunate Ones, a novel released last week about the fate of a Chaim Soutine painting left behind in Vienna. Ellen will be… Ellen Umansky February 20, 2017
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: On Turpentine Lane It’s been kind of a topsy-turvy week, so the image of a quaint suburban house ripped from the earth and spun like Dorothy Gale’s twister-borne home feels about right… Nat Bernstein January 24, 2017
Essay The Cut Earlier this week, Eytan Bayme wrote about tasting Kornbluh’s tracklements for the first time and celebrating his third Christmas in Europe as an American Jew. Eytan… Eytan Bayme December 30, 2016
Essay Parenting in the Age of Social Media Earlier this week, Marjorie Ingall let us in on five reasons for the delayed publication of her book, Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful,… Marjorie Ingall September 2, 2016
Essay Uh, Five Reasons My Book Was a Year Late Earlier this week, Marjorie Ingall wrote about stepping out of ghostwriting to write her first book since 1998. With the publication of that book, Mamaleh Knows Best:… Marjorie Ingall August 31, 2016
Essay A Ghostwriter, on Being Visible Marjorie Ingall is a columnist, ghostwriter, and author of Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent… Marjorie Ingall August 29, 2016
Essay Ten Commandments of Special Needs Parenting Following her posts on recognizing the sensory overload of celebrating Purim and setting a place for special needs at the seder table, this week Liane… Liane Kupferberg Carter June 9, 2016
Nonfiction The ABC’s of Adulthood Deborah Copaken (text and photographs)Randy Polumbo (photographs)