Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Amy Winehouse’s family will light yahrzeit candle

JTA

The family of Amy Winehouse will mark the first anniversary of the singer's death using Jewish tradition, a British magazine reported, quoting the. . .

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Torah of our lives: On writing the next chapter

By Rabbi Laura Geller

“Boomers [people born between 1946 and 1964] are the first generation in human history … to reasonably anticipate living well and wholesomely. . .

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Old becomes new as couples personalize wedding ceremonies

by Debra Rubin, JTA

In the months before his wedding, Jon Citel cringed at the notion of having his friends dance him to his bride at a traditional bedeken ceremony,. . .

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

I’m Past All That

By Teresa Strasser

There is some unwritten statute of limitations on how long one can whine about a crappy childhood, a negligent parent, a few too many chicken pot. . .

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Chasing parental boredom while catching some foreign films

By Teresa Strasser

I was in seventh grade when my dad took me to see a Turkish movie exploring the lives of five prisoners given a week’s home leave in the aftermath. . .

Thursday, March 29, 2012

You, with a kid

by Teresa Strasser

I’ll never forget asking my therapist the following question when I found out I was pregnant: “Who am I going to be?”

Monday, March 19, 2012

Bills to relax marriage registration rules pass Knesset committee

JTA

Two bills that would allow Jewish couples in Israel to be married by Modern Orthodox rabbis in the city of their choice were approved by a Knesset. . .

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Disabled adults find second family in group home

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Tamir Appel scampers to his room to pull out a photo album of his latest trip to visit family in Israel. He sets it on the dining room table, where. . .

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Whose reality is real?

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

A little while ago, Hendel Schwartz got a call from a city bus driver. “Your son walks with God,” the driver told her.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Finding their place [VIDEO]

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Lauren Levine is settling in with a group of friends apartment to watch “American Idol,” when a look of panic comes over her face. She rummages. . .

Monday, December 12, 2011

Making ‘old country’ latkes on this side of the Atlantic

by Jamie Geller, JTA

My grandparents really knew how to cook. It seems to me that everyone born in the "old country" -- in this case Transylvania -- was born with. . .

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Survivor: Violet Raymond

By Jane Ulman

Violet Raymond, then Ibolya Friedmann, and her new husband, George Singer, stood under a chuppah at Nagyfuvaros Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, on. . .

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Making it easier for LGBT Jewish kids to be open, honest

By Ryan E. Smith

Someday, maybe every gay Jewish youth will have as easy a time coming out as Elias Rubin did.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The People of the Children’s Book

By Orit Arfa

When Myra Clark-Siegel, wife of Israeli Consulate General David Siegel, packed their things for their Los Angeles mission, she sacrificed a few. . .

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

JDate study claims more Jewish marriage matches than its competitors

By Danielle Berrin

The Jewish dating Web site JDate recently announced results from a study that claims the site is responsible for facilitating more Jewish marriages. . .

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Controlling who shall live and who shall die … and when

By Ellie Kahn

He sleeps while I sit by his side. Every so often, Dad wakes up, and looks with some confusion around his small room, at the hospital bed, the TV and. . .

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Surviving the darkest hours of grief: Eitan Fishbane talks about raising daughter without his wife

by Gabrielle Birkner, The Forward

Grieving is so smothering an experience that it’s almost impossible to conjure up from a distance. And yet so few people have the inclination or. . .

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

For non-Jewish mothers raising Jewish children, things can get complicated

by Sue Fishkoff, JTA

Lisa Shimel, who is not Jewish, celebrated Christmas with her Jewish husband until their first child was born; now they’ve added Chanukah. Deb. . .

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Getting to know my dad, again

By Gary Wexler

My 93-year-old father emerged as a different person when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s five years ago. He became independent, assertive,. . .

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The day you become redundant

By Rabbi Dan Moskovitz

Parenthood is ultimately about becoming redundant in your child’s life. It’s difficult to comprehend as you hold your newborn baby in your arms,. . .

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Of Time, and a Father’s First Century

By Bradley Burston

My father understands unwinnable conflicts. He has been fighting a personal war against time since 1911. "Where does the time go?" he is likely even. . .

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Trace your Tribe

by robin heinz bratslavsky

Despite what your zayde or bubbe told you, your family name was not changed at Ellis Island. “The last names had to match the manifest when people. . .

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

What’s in a Name?

by Lisa Keys, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

So far, things haven’t worked out as planned. My husband, Julian Voloj, immediately rejected Gabriel because he once knew one he didn’t like. . .

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Commandments Bring Duties — Love May Follow

by Rabbi Michael Gold

Three times the Torah commands us to love: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 18:19), “You shall love the stranger” (Deuteronomy. . .