For an increasing number of Jewish grandparents, the traditional Chanukah they celebrated with their children won’t be the Chanukah their grandchildren celebrate next...
When I was ten years old, our family saw Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. This was a big deal. My grandparents, who...
As a bonafide Baby Boomer, I like to think of myself as someone who, along with my contemporaries, is reinventing the art of...
In the seam of time at the end of the summer, I set off on a hike with my grandson Simon. At nine...
When I married in 1974 and started to have our children (1,2,3,4) we went down a pretty conventional and predictable Jewish path…. one pidyon...
Sunday night dinner at a Chinese restaurant; spare-ribs, wonton soup, chicken chow mein, fortune cookies, and orange slices. In the 1950s and 60s...
Despite its tremendous joys, being a Jewish grandparent isn’t easy. Our kids are too religious or not religious enough. In other words, they...
It goes without saying that we love our grandkids. And we want them to grow up to be good people, open to others,...
“All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten,” continues to be a book that guides me as a grandparent. Its lessons...
When the Jewish Grandparents Network was looking for an artist to provide illustrations for the report of the national study of Jewish Grandparents,...