Rebecca Walker

I'm  a writer. I'm black, white, and Jewish. Which means I'm Jewish sometimes. At seder. At the nursing home where my grandmother doesn't recognize me. At Channukah when I put a little extra ghelt in my four year old son's 529 college savings plan. The rest of the time I'm Buddhist. And a mom. And black. And a writer. My first memoir, Black, White and Jewish describes this all personally, emotionally, exhaustively. It's very Jewish. And black. And Buddhist. I live in Hawaii. Where everyone is everything except, it seems, Jewish.

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The Untouchable Michael Jackson

I met Michael Jackson in 1984. We were both guests of Quincy Jones and Steven…

Nadya Suleman: Taking One For the Team

Since we’re still talking obsessively about Nadya Suleman, or "Octomom" as she’s been called in…

The Family That Argues Together…

Today my guy told me about a bit Jon Stewart did on why Jews argue.…

Note to Self: Adapt

Today, gay marriage is legal in two states, and nine million Americans identify as multiracial.…

Happy or dysfunctional? Says who?

Rebecca Walker, author of One Big Happy Family, is guest blogging this week as one…

Maternal Envy: Fact or Fiction

This is from a piece on a Psychology Today blog, that references my last book…

ADHD, The Check Out Line, and Me

There is a lot to talk about, like: What a great job Obama is doing…

The Power of Power

To continue our discussion of different kinds of power, I am thrilled Obama has brought…