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20 Dec Don’t Bite Your Tongue

Posted at 11:27h in Family Dynamics, Family Relationships by Sarah Reid
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Relationships with our adult children — the parents of our grandchildren — are often close, trusting, and warm. Yet these relationships can, at times, be difficult to manage. Sometimes a wrong word or a misread facial expression can lead to harsh words and anger. And...

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22 Nov Making Room For Each Other In Interfaith Families

Posted at 09:00h in Family Dynamics, Family Relationships, Multifaith and Multicultural by Jewish Grandparents Network
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“Grandpa, will you get your ice cream in a dish or in a cone?” my then-seven-year-old granddaughter, Amina, asked.  We were walking to the ice cream parlor in the little town in Connecticut where her mother was the rabbi of the local temple. I was taking...

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10 Nov Counting Latkes

Posted at 15:42h in Cooking and Baking, Disabilities, Family Relationships, Family Stories, Hanukkah by Jewish Grandparents Network
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"There are fifty latkes on this tray,” my 95-year-old mother says. I nod and continue peeling potatoes. My sister is frying. My niece is chopping onions. My mother spreads another paper towel on a cookie sheet and continues counting. It’s that time of year. Where the women...

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20 Oct How Do We Keep Our Families Together?

Posted at 15:45h in Becoming a Grandparent, Family Dynamics, Family Relationships, Multifaith and Multicultural by Jewish Grandparents Network
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Despite its tremendous joys, being a Jewish grandparent isn’t easy. Our kids are too religious or not religious enough. In other words, they don’t do it our way. This also applies to their thoughts about Israel: they may love it more than we do or...

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09 Sep Interview with a Wise Woman: Jane Isay

Posted at 16:34h in At a Distance, Family Dynamics, Family Relationships, Health and Wellbeing, Jewish Values by Jewish Grandparents Network
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Author of Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today, Jane Isay was transformed by the births of her four grandchildren and has run groups offering a warm place to discuss grandparenting in the time of Covid. Though...

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09 Sep A Grandparents Day Discovery Adventure

Posted at 16:32h in Family Relationships, Family Stories, Grandparents Day, Play and Humor by Jewish Grandparents Network
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Attention and greetings grandchildren! On Grandparents Day, we recognize and thank our grandparents for all they do for our families.  But what do we really know about them? Below is a Grandparents' Scavenger Hunt. We encourage you to annoy your parents and grandparents until, together,...

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09 Sep 6 Ways to Celebrate Grandparents Day

Posted at 15:06h in At a Distance, Family Dynamics, Family Relationships, Grandparents Day, Jewish Values by Jewish Grandparents Network
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We are so fortunate that Grandparents Day falls right in the middle of the ten Days of Awe. Here are six awesome ways to celebrate National Grandparents Day, September 12, 2021. In six words write what it means to you to be a grandparent. We...

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09 Sep Boomer Lullabies

Posted at 11:47h in Becoming a Grandparent, Family Relationships, Family Stories by Jewish Grandparents Network
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As a child, on nights when I slept at my grandparents’ small home on Thornhill Avenue in Little Neck, New York, Nana Francis would soak me in what felt like near-boiling water and scrub me with a loofa pad until my skin shone a bright...

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08 Aug Tashlich for Children: A Ritual that Welcomes Creativity

Posted at 21:12h in Family Relationships, High Holy Days, Jewish Values, Play and Humor, Rosh Hashanah by Jewish Grandparents Network
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Just Add Water: Invite your grandchildren and family members to embrace and add their own creative touches to the Rosh Hashanah ritual of Tashlich   Because the Rosh Hashanah ritual of Tashlich came late to Judaism (it dates to the 13th century), it is among the most...

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08 Aug Wonders of Taiglach: Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Dough

Posted at 17:56h in Cooking and Baking, Family Relationships, Family Stories, High Holy Days by Jewish Grandparents Network
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The sticky, nearly impenetrable mound of dough, nuts, and sweets that was once a fixture of our Rosh Hashanah holiday tables became a shorthand for the joys of the “High Holy Days.” What are today’s taiglach? How do we bring sweetness to our family tables...

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