Losing Gammi

By Nolan Lebovitz
Published on April 24, 2013

Carrying The Torch | Guest Blog Post by Ashley Gleitman Waterman

By Samara Hutman
Published on February 25, 2013

A note to Jewish grandparents

Published on November 1, 2012

I believe there is a unique bond between grandparents and grandchildren. We look out for each other. We have each other’s backs.

Wanted: One Bubby and Zaidy willing to adopt

By Lauren Bottner
Published on May 11, 2011

Should frozen sperm be used to create posthumous grandchildren?

Published on March 22, 2011

Last fall, 27-year-old Ohad Ben-Yaakov was injured in an accident at his part-time job, and he died after two weeks in a coma. Ben-Yaakov wasn’t married, nor was he in a relationship. No woman was pregnant with his child.

Everyone is Suddenly Irish on March 17th!

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 18, 2011

Chicken nuggets vs. my kids school lunches, Oye Vay…

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 11, 2011

Joys of growing up in Communist Soviet Union, and other tales of my Family.

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 16, 2011

Valentine’s Day Peep Show!

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 14, 2011

Grandma Who?

Published on March 25, 2009

Growing up, I called my grandmother Grandma.

We were Jewish, but also American. There was never any question but that my grandma would be Grandma. Even if she was born in the Old Country and, like all my friends and all their grandparents, spoke with a Yiddish accent. I used to think, in fact, that in order to be a grandparent you had to have been born in the Old Country and speak with a Yiddish accent.

Autism groups focus on needs of grandparents

Published on December 18, 2008

" . . . As grandparents, we go through a range of feelings. Some of these are triggered by the child's behavior and how the parents react to it. Grandparents are frightened and upset that their grandchild is experiencing these problems . . . "

Siblings show they have write stuff

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on March 8, 2007

For Daniel and Lauren, becoming authors has also meant serving as peer educators.

"I told my friends that I wrote a book about the Holocaust, and at least three of them didn't know what it was," said Daniel. Lauren had a similar experience.

What Bergen-Belsen Taught Us

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
Published on April 28, 2005

On Sunday, April 17, hundreds of Holocaust survivors from around the world, along with their children and grandchildren, gathered on the site of the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen to observe the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.

Family Time

By Howard Nemetz
Published on February 24, 2005

I recently returned from Florida, where I spent the Kwanzaa break (I've coined a new name for the winter break that I hope will sweep the nation) with my parents. Actually, they used to be my parents. Now they're my son's grandparents. I was once my mother's middle child, her youngest son, one of three apple-cheeked children around which her world revolved. Now I'm just the thing that brings the grandchild during the Kwanzaa break (I think the name is catching on).

Keep Grandparents’  Legacy Alive

By Jeanette Bergelson
Published on August 5, 2004

What is our role in the interfaith family unit? We are not just the grandparents; we are the Jewish grandparents. Their other grandparents are Christian, Muslim, Hindu or of another faith. Even when grandchildren are not raised within any particular faith, this is how we will be distinguished. Why? Because interfaith children are part of two-family cultures; therefore identifying us as such, is necessary.

On Shabbat, Stay Cool as a Cucumber

By Lisa J. Solomon
Published on August 5, 2004

Since they were Orthodox and didn't use appliances on the Sabbath, Oma had an array of simple but wonderful dishes she prepared in advance to be eaten cold. In the Miami heat, her Cucumber Dill Salad was one of my favorites.

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.

Do Party Invites Right

By J. G. Friedman
Published on March 11, 2004

The index-card box is one of the most important items in your home and is referred to each time an affair is coming up -- as well as when you need a gift for that person's party.

Kerry’s Jewish Roots

By Peter Ephross
Published on February 6, 2003

First it was then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Next it was Gen. Wesley Clark, the supreme allied commander of NATO during the war in Kosovo. Now it's Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry whose Jewish roots are being reported.

Kerry? The Massachusetts senator, the quintessential WASP-y looking politician with an Irish-sounding name?

Yup.

Two of Kerry's grandparents were Jewish, it turns out.

A Modern Grandfather

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 21, 1997

They don't make grandparents like they used to.