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Jewish & Israeli Society

Cooking Up A Diverse Community. Tablet, February 2019
A (Facebook) Group for Every Jewish Interest. Hadassah, January 2019
Finding a New Path: Israel Wakes up to the Needs of Ex-Haredim. Tablet, November 2018
The Translator: Jeffrey M. Green. Hadassah, May 2018
What Happened to Israel's "New Haredim"? Tablet, February 2018
A Place for the Disabled: On Stage and Screen, Tablet, December 2017
You've Made Aliyah. Now What? Tablet, October 2017
Saying No to Kids. Tablet, July 2017
Fighting For Inclusion. Jerusalem Report, March 2017
In Israel, Religious Single Moms Gain Greater Acceptance. JTA, January 2017

Parenting

9 Real Working Moms Reveal How They Got Their Back-to-School Routine Down Pat. Working Mother, August 2018
The 9 Most Irritating Tasks Our Partners Don't Even Realize We Do, Working Mother, April 2018
Book Review: The Informed Parent. Brain, Child, April 2016
Carla Naumburg on Mindful Parenting and Why It's OK to Ignore Your Kid Sometimes. Kveller, January 2016

Psychology & Child Development

What Do Babies Know? IU Scientists Say "More Than you Think" Limestone Post, October 2018
Liberals Are From Mars, Conservatives Are From Venus. Scientific American MIND, May 2016
What Children Think of the Internet (and Why It Matters). New York Times, February 2015
Scientific Explanations for Why Spoilers are So Horrible. The Atlantic, March 2013
How To Read About Science. The Atlantic, December 2013

Autism

Questions for Ari Ne'eman: Partnering with Participants. SFARI.org, June 2015
Autism Grows Up. Scientific American MIND, January 2015
Could a 3-Year-Old Just "Disappear"? Why Parents Shouldn't Worry So Much About Regressive Autism. Slate, March 2014
Our Autism-Phobia. Salon, July 2013
Is It Possible to Recover from Autism? Scientific American MIND, July 2013

Essays

If white parents want their kids to truly care about black lives, they should send them to school with black kids. Medium, June 2020
Father's Day Can Suck Just as Much as Mother's Day, Kveller, June 2018
Why Every Parent Should Join a Show Choir. Kveller, February 2018
A Hater's Guide to Disney World. Kveller, November 2017
5 Things I've Learned as an Expat Parent. The Washington Post, September 2017
In Jerusalem, A Chance Encounter With My Deceased Mother. JTA, October 2016
On Enjoying a Failed Trip To New York With My Son. Parent.co, July 2016
How a Facebook Group Is Helping Me Plan My Family's Move to Israel. Kveller, July 2016
Don't Worry — All The Other Moms Are Faking It Too. Kveller, March 2016
Why I'm Moving My Family to Israel Despite the Violence. JTA, December 2015
Should We Pray For Healing When Death is Imminent? JTA, October 2015
Six Things Google Remembers About My Parenting That I'd Almost Forgotten. nytimes.com, August 2015
Teaching My Son About The Real World, One Baby Step at a Time. Kveller, June 2015
Why I Stopped Saying the Prayer About God Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies. Tablet , September 2014
She Was Here. Literary Mama, May 2014
A Case for Old-Fashioned Condolences. Modern Loss, February 2014
Why I No Longer Hate Mother's Day. Slate, May 2013