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Kveller Hits of the Week: May 20-24

Kveller — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:46:19 EDT

This week�s most popular posts, in case you missed them.-My Son Wants to Know About Bacon...And God Too.�Sometimes those tricky God questions come in the form of, "Mom, why can't I try bacon?"�Is "Because Hashem said so" ever good enough?-Interview w...

Friday Night: What Would Lyle Do?

Jordana Horn — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:35 EDT

Bernard Waber died last week at the age of 91. If that name doesn�t ring a bell for you, then you need to go straight to your local library and pick up one of many beautifully-illustrated kid�s books about a happy crocodile living on the Upper East S...

Mermaids, God, and Glow-in-the-Dark Bowling

Melissa Haber — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:40 EDT

This post is part of our�month-long series�featuring different ways that parents of various religions have talked to their kids about God.It was a sparkling Fall morning, blue sky scratched with orange, red, yellow. I was taking my daughter Lucy, the...

I Minivan, Therefore I Am... Depressed

Jordana Horn — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:40:32 EDT

I�m not upset about turning 40; I�m upset about getting a minivan.My age will change in a few weeks. I�ll leave the insane decade of my 30s--had two kids, had horrible divorce, had bizarre experience dating and moving back in with my parents and said...

Why Can't You Be More Like Your Brother?

Alina Adams — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:05:12 EDT

�Why can�t you be more like your brother/sister?�It�s a question parents are advised never to ask.But, that�s a tall order to fill. At least for me.I have three children. And, except for the fact that they look ridiculously alike (my husband�s and my...

My Son Wants to Know About God... and Bacon Too

Jana Banin — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:32:43 EDT

This post is part of our�month-long series�featuring different ways that parents of various religions have talked to their kids about God.�I want to try bacon,� my 7-year-old son Zack declared the other night.�Well, bacon, like,�really�isn�t kosher,�...

The Kid-Dish: Rachel Zoe is Not Above Being a Parent

Molly Tolsky — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:47:01 EDT

All the Jewish celebrity parent gossip you (n)ever wanted to know.- In a recent interview, Rachel Zoe opened up about the fact that she and her husband Roger Berman are "not above" things like diaper duty and dinner and bathtime. So, you know, being ...

Interview with Interesting Jews: Author & Sexuality Educator Cory Silverberg

Adina Kay-Gross — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:42 EDT

What Makes a Baby,�a�picture book �about where babies come from,� is written and illustrated in a way that is sensitive to children and parents who found one another via the traditional route (i.e. sex!), or those families which came to be via reprod...

The Israeli Stranger Who Left Me Her Baby on the Plane

Benji Lovitt — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:00 EDT

I�ve been an uncle officially for 17 years, since my sister had her first son. Since then, three more nieces and nephews have popped out, giving me at least four reasons to bring gifts from Israel.As more and more of my friends have had kids over the...

My Catholic Daughter & Her Female God

Kathleen Flinton — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:22 EDT

This post is part of our�month-long series�featuring different ways that parents of various religions have talked to their kids about God.I live with a little theologian. My eldest daughter has had a lot to say about God for as long as I can remember...