A Seat at the Table: Making Memories with Your Teenage Grandchild This Passover
Across time and geography, memory is how we Jews come to understand our past. The Torah elevates memory to mitzvah (commandment) status, for...
31 March, 2022
Ten-Minute Dayenu Seder
Passover begins on the evening of April 15, 2022. Once again, this night will truly be different from all other nights. Our updated "Ten-Minute...
30 March, 2022
Grandparent Ambassadors Draw in Peers with Personal Touch at JCC Detroit
This Passover, the Jewish Grandparents Network spotlights the Grandparent Ambassadors of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. Terry Kaye, JGN’s Director of...
29 March, 2022
Interview with Dr. Erica Brown about Megillat Esther
Dr. Erica Brown’s most recent book was on Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther that tells the Purim story). JGN Co-founder and CEO...
02 March, 2022
Purim Activities to Do With Your Grandchildren Ages 3–8
Editor’s note:JGN Facebook member Andrea Gardner regularly shares practical and fun activities she does with her grandchildren. In this piece for our Purim...
01 March, 2022
An Insider’s Guide to Observing Purim
“And Mordechai wrote down these things and sent missives to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Achashverosh —...
28 February, 2022
Grogger Reflections from a Big Ol’ Blow Hard
Editor’s Note:Purim is a holiday of wonderful joy and mirth. We wear costumes, make noise, and eat yummy hamantaschen. Among the traditions for...
27 February, 2022
Tu Bishvat and Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This year, Tu BiSh'vat and Martin Luther King Jr. Day fall on the same day — January 17, 2022. The convergence of these two seemingly unrelated holidays gives us an...
07 January, 2022
Grandparents’ Unconditional Love…and Then Some
Grandparents’ unconditional love extends to our grandchildren with developmental and learning differences. We strive to be there when they struggle with emotional challenges....
21 December, 2021
JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids
In mid-November 2021 a member of the Jewish Grandparents Network Facebook Group asked this question in the group and got the MOST helpful...
27 November, 2021