Will your great-grandchildren be Jewish?

By Pini Herman
Published on June 27, 2012

The just-released Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 clearly shows that the Jewish population decline in New York has been stemmed by large numbers of babies born to Orthodox families in America. The heroic fertility and educational efforts of Orthodox Jews — sometimes to the point of actual impoverishment — is legendary. Ironically, it is historically the Conservative and Reform Jewish movements that have unintentionally benefited from this Orthodox Jewish investment.

Wanted: One Bubby and Zaidy willing to adopt

By Lauren Bottner
Published on May 11, 2011

Everyone is Suddenly Irish on March 17th!

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 18, 2011

Keeping Your Head If Your Child Intermarries

Published on July 13, 2006

When you first learn that your child is -- or might be -- marrying someone who's not Jewish, you may not feel like celebrating. This can be a difficult and stressful occasion instead of the joyous one you had hoped for. To help you, here are a series of tips from people whose children have intermarried, as well as from outreach professionals and counselors.

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Published on September 15, 2005

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Published on August 25, 2005

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Published on August 18, 2005

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Published on August 4, 2005

MORRIS APPLEMAN died July 8 at 98.

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Published on July 7, 2005

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Published on June 30, 2005

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Published on June 23, 2005

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Published on June 16, 2005

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Published on June 9, 2005

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Published on May 26, 2005

Constantin Andronescu died April 26 at 61.

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Published on May 19, 2005

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Hail to the Seder Chief

By Barbara Joan Grubman
Published on April 21, 2005

I can just imagine my Orthodox grandparents worrying about making the seder come alive for their grandchildren.

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Published on October 28, 2004

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Grampa’s Advice: Pass on ‘First-Tell’

By Saul Turteltaub
Published on October 28, 2004

It took me six years of being a grandfather to accept the fact that my grandchildren may not be more brilliant or athletic than everyone else's.

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Published on October 21, 2004

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All the ChildrenAll the ChildrenAll the ChildrenAll the Children

By Rabbi Elazar Muskin
Published on October 7, 2004

On the eve of Simchat Torah, many synagogues auction the three major honors of the day, with proceeds benefiting the synagogue or other Jewish institutions.

A Single Thread Links Generations

By Bonnie Vorspan
Published on October 7, 2004

Becoming a grandparent is a very exciting event.

A Blessing for the Father

By Rabbi Eli Hecht
Published on June 17, 2004

A few months ago I flew from Long Beach to Brooklyn. It was a long, sad and lonely trip. A few days earlier, my mother had turned 82 years old and was looking forward to a special birthday, when tragedy struck. A fire broke out in her home. Quickly, her life was taken by fire and smoke. No goodbyes or time to prepare for closure, just a cruel death.

My father survived the fire but lives daily with his memories. He now spends his time living a day or a week with different children and grandchildren. He recently came to California to join our family for the holidays. Even though the children and grandchildren were here something big was missing. Yes, our dear mother, the grandmother, was missed.

Eulogies: Sadie Scheiner, 102

Published on November 1, 2001

Sadie Scheiner, 102, matriarch of a family of pioneer Orthodox Jewish community leaders and ardent Zionists in her native St. Louis and later in Los Angeles, died peacefully on Oct. 22. She was the last surviving child of the Talmudist HaRav Levi Friedberg (nee Melamud), an early arbiter ("posik") of Jewish law in the Midwest at a time when Torah scholarship was limited primarily to the Northeast and Chicago. In Los Angeles, her children and grandchildren were among the founders and leaders of Young Israel of Northridge, Young Israel of Beverly Hills and B'nei Akiva. She and her husband, Sam Scheiner, were primarily responsible for the growth of a then-small Orthodox congregation in the fledgling Pico-Robertson area -- Anshe Emet (where her husband served as president for 15 years). Under their dynamic leadership, membership swelled in the 1950s and '60s and scores of Jews were attracted to the neighborhood.

Boy Meets Mom

By Teresa Strasser
Published on September 16, 1999

Busted flat in Barstow, I realize the desert is no place for an old Plymouth. The mechanic says something about "a machine shop in Victorville," and I think that is one phrase you never want to hear in a sentence with your name. That and "feeding tube."

Grandkids Inc.

By Stephen A. Simon
Published on June 4, 1998

Until children reach a certain age, parents seethem simply as beloved offspring. Flesh of their flesh. Withbittersweet nostalgia, they remember all, from the Gerber days tograduation day.

But then it happens: the transformation.

A Modern Grandfather

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 21, 1997

They don't make grandparents like they used to.