I didn’t know what I was going to say to my kids this morning. Each of them is at a different point of comprehension:  The election didn’t...

BAD:  This morning, one kid refused to get dressed, just refused. I cajoled. I promised rewards. In the end, none of it worked and I had to ...

So today my kids and I crashed the enviable-but-stuffy Brooklyn College library. We didn't exactly get kicked out, but we definitely got...

Today was long and intense, and almost entirely devoid of adults, and after I put the kids to bed -- we read the last chapters of Baby-Sitte...

Update: go here to get the actual book! The deal for my new book, My First Kafka: Runaways, Rodents, and Giant Bugs ,  was listed in Pu...

The holiday of Passover starts at sunset tonight, right? Not really. In our household, Passover started about a month ago -- due partly to ...

The morning started out good. First, I woke up at 7:30. Miracle! The kids went to bed late, and then my baby mama and I stayed up late, and...

This week, we got ready for our new Purim video, which we're getting prepared and mixed and psyched to show you. It's a big first fo...

You probably already knew about this -- so, you know, feel free to scoff at my misfortune -- but if you (a) have kids and (b) they’re old en...

Here's where I get all confessional: I kind of hate New York City. Don't get me wrong--I love living near a zillion cousins-in-law...

I got an email from my mother regarding my post last week about being the bad cop in the father-daughter relationship: Loved your article ...

By 11:30 P.M., I was almost wiped. Two hours of carrying a kid on your shoulders, and she starts to feel a lot heavier than that six-pack-si...

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There's a new kosher restaurant right near our office. It's called Tiberias . The food looks yummy and the decor looks great and, ra...

I wasn't dreaming of a white Purim , but that's what we got. Saturday night, Shabbat went out, and I shoveled out our car in raver ...

Here's a cool and poignant little short film about going to a genizah , a sort of cemetery for books. A Torah scroll has been damaged in...

First of all: the important things in life. It's pretty quiet here, for a change. Working furiously on the new book, now that the mov...

All weekend I've continued my obsession with Michael Muhammad Knight's book The Taqwacores , which follows a bunch of young Muslim ...