Jewish Life Archives - Jewish Grandparents Network

09 Dec Counting Latkes

Posted at 15:42h in Family Relationships, Featured, Jewish Life, Time Together, Uncategorized by Jewish Grandparents Network 5 Comments

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...

05 Nov Thanksgiving 2020: Finding Gratitude When We’re Gathering Differently

Posted at 18:17h in Featured, Jewish Life, Time Together by Lee Hendler 0 Comments

How to have a meaningful and fun COVID-19 Thanksgiving celebration! Thanksgiving will be here in a few weeks. For many of us it will not be the Thanksgiving of years past. Even as that saddens us, we yearn for greater connection with those we love and...

18 Sep Frog Tashlikh OR if a frog jumps into a pond…

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Intro to Frog Tashlikh: We are taking a frog that grew from a tiny tadpole as part of an egg sac accidently dropped (we assume) by a bird into a container near my garden earlier this summer. This event became part of our ongoing lesson in...

27 Aug Rosh Hashanah Books for Children and their Parents and Grandparents

Posted at 12:32h in Family Relationships, Featured, Jewish Life by Jewish Grandparents Network 0 Comments

The High Holy Days are upon us, and this year most of us will not be gathering with family or attending services in person. Luckily, we can still connect with loved ones by video chat to share special holiday moments on Zoom, FaceTime, Google Hangouts,...

08 May Chesed and Gevura

Posted at 18:01h in Family Relationships, Featured, Jewish Life, My Legacy, Time Together by Jewish Grandparents Network 0 Comments

26th of Nissan in the Year of the Corona Virus As a grandparent of four, I often wonder about my unique role in sharing with my grandchildren the beauty and brilliance of Judaism. What are Jewish values and why do they matter? What makes them Jewish?...

03 May Interfaith Soulfulness

Posted at 17:17h in Family Relationships, Featured, Jewish Life by Jewish Grandparents Network 3 Comments

I sat in the Yom Kippur service listening to a baritone voice singing, “Ashamnu, Bagadnu, Gazalnu, . . .” The voice belonged to my son, Jim. Jim was leading us in confessing that we have trespassed, we have betrayed, we have stolen, we have slandered. The list...

02 Apr Ten Minute Virtual Dayenu Seder

Posted at 22:02h in Passover 2020 by Jewish Grandparents Network 8 Comments

Passover begins on the evening of April 8, 2020. Truly this night will be different from all other nights. We are all struggling with our changed lives. We need to give ourselves permission to do what we can. In that spirit, the Jewish Grandparents Network offers the...

31 Mar Passover 2020: Planning Your Online Seder

Posted at 13:11h in Passover 2020 by Jewish Grandparents Network 0 Comments

The Jewish Grandparents Network, Seder2020 & Haggadot.com partner to support families and friends to organize online Seders. Step One: Choose a Video Conferencing Site by clicking HERE Need More Help? Facetime Skype WhatsApp WebEx Zoom Step Two: Plan Your Online Seder Click HERE to access the Seder 2020.org site that will walk you...

26 Mar Online Resources for Passover 2020

Posted at 15:53h in Passover 2020 by Jewish Grandparents Network 0 Comments

We are pleased to share these Passover 2020 online resources. Our thanks to the wonderful organizations who provide richness and meaning to our holidays. We invite you to share additional resources either by responding to this post or by emailing info@jewishgrandparents.org. What is Passover? 18 Doors ...

25 Mar How Different Will This Night Be: 10 Tips for Your Virtual Seder

Posted at 21:49h in Passover 2020 by Jewish Grandparents Network 2 Comments

The greatest gathering of the Jewish year is nearly upon us and this year, the Passover Seder will be celebrated like no other. Mah Nishtanah Ha-Leila Ha-Zeh, indeed! Most translations of this famous line from the Seder portray it as a question: “Why is this night different from...