I write about caregiving and women's issues, primarily the politics and culture of parenthood. (Not parenting; I have no idea how you should be raising your children.)
My work has been published in a number of publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, ELLE, Longreads and CNN.com where I am a regular contributor. Previously, I was a contributing writer covering women's issues at Slate and TheWeek.com, and religion and culture at the Forward.
My book, The More You Care: A Radical Reimagining of What it Means to Care for Others, will be published by Gallery Books/ Simon & Schuster January 2024.
From 2011-2017, I was the co-artistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture in New York City. In 2020, I helped launch LABA BAY, and I'm currently the artistic director.
I co-wrote the Kveller Haggadah: A Seder for Curious Kids (and their Grown-Ups) and The Kveller Shabbat Guide: How busy families can find meaning (and a bit of sanity) on the day of rest.
You can sign up for my newsletter in which I share updates about my work, or follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
My work has been published in a number of publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, ELLE, Longreads and CNN.com where I am a regular contributor. Previously, I was a contributing writer covering women's issues at Slate and TheWeek.com, and religion and culture at the Forward.
My book, The More You Care: A Radical Reimagining of What it Means to Care for Others, will be published by Gallery Books/ Simon & Schuster January 2024.
From 2011-2017, I was the co-artistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture in New York City. In 2020, I helped launch LABA BAY, and I'm currently the artistic director.
I co-wrote the Kveller Haggadah: A Seder for Curious Kids (and their Grown-Ups) and The Kveller Shabbat Guide: How busy families can find meaning (and a bit of sanity) on the day of rest.
You can sign up for my newsletter in which I share updates about my work, or follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
SELECTED WORK
Want to Understand Socrates and Sartre? Talk With Your Kid. Atlantic, June 2022.
"The Great Embryo Debate," Glamour, October 2018.
"Should Children Be Activists?" CNN.com, October 2018.
"Why Girls Can Be Boyish But Boys Can't Be Girlish," CNN.com, April 2018.
"The Leftover Embryo Crisis: There are an estimated 1 million frozen embryos in the United States Right Now. What should be done with them? What should I do with mine?" ELLE, September 2017.
"When does life begin? It's not so simple: Fetal personhood bills are gaining steam, but many religious and scientific ethicists, as well as women, see the path to personhood as a gradual one." Slate, April 2017.
"Catastrophic Happiness" by Catherine Newman," New York Times Book Review, April 2016.
"The Lost Summer: Every year America's schools shut down for three months--leaving families like single mother Olympia and daughter Raina struggling to keep-up," Longreads, August 2015.
"The Rise of Mama: Like most cultural shifts in language, the rise of white, upper-middle class women who call themselves ‘mama’ seemed to happen slowly, and then all at once. Elissa Strauss explores how the use of “mama” helped rebrand motherhood for the modern mother." Longreads, May 2015.
Image above is "‘Untitled #2’ (1992), by Agnes Martin