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19 Apr The Blessing of Making Aliyah at Age 79

Posted at 18:51h in Family Dynamics, Family Stories, Israel, My Legacy by Sarah Reid
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David Raphael Note: I wrote this essay in 2010 and it was published in The Forward   Two years ago, at age 79, my mother became an olah hadashah, a new immigrant to Israel. We moved her to live in the small apartment above my sister Ruth’s home...

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09 Feb Get Cooking with Your B-Mitzvah-Age Grandchild

Posted at 17:11h in At a Distance, B-Mitzvah, Cooking and Baking, Family Stories, For Grandparents, Multifaith and Multicultural by Sarah Reid
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Listen to what’s on your B-Mitzvah grandchild’s mind as you cook together....

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25 Oct Still Life Tells Moving Stories — A Grandparent-Grandchild Photography Experience

Posted at 10:00h in Arts and Culture, At a Distance, B-Mitzvah, Family Stories, For Grandparents by Sarah Reid
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Combine the memory-power of objects and the ease of photography for you and your B-Mitzvah grandchild to share parts of yourselves....

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13 Oct The Power of Family Objects: Passing on Stories to Your Teen Grandchild

Posted at 02:34h in B-Mitzvah, Family Stories, For Grandparents by
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Our closets and cabinets are filled with ordinary personal treasures — a pitcher from an aunt, a grandfather’s Kiddush cup, trinkets you collected in a foreign country, a pocket watch that no longer works. Sometimes we forget the potent family stories they hold. We have...

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06 Oct Writing a Forever Letter as Your Grandchild Becomes B-Mitzvah

Posted at 02:36h in B-Mitzvah, Family Dynamics, Family Stories, For Grandparents by
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It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Your grandchild is becoming B-Mitzvah. You envision them standing on the bimah, or perhaps encircled by family in a home celebration, chanting and singing and sharing the wisdom they have found in the Torah portion. At this milestone occasion, you may want...

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29 Sep A Grandmother’s Reflection: Making the B-Mitzvah Journey with My Grandchildren

Posted at 02:43h in B-Mitzvah, Family Stories, For Grandparents, Jewish Values by
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The B-Mitzvah walks across the bridge from childhood to young adulthood. It’s our Jewish way of accepting growth and inviting our teens into the community of adults. Grandparents can cross the bridge with them. We can engage with them, encourage them, and enjoy each other...

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28 Sep For Teens: How You Can Interview Your Grandparents

Posted at 02:46h in At a Distance, B-Mitzvah, Family Stories, For Grandparents by
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Interviewing your grandparent might be a brand-new and fun experience for you both. The conversation, if you develop it thoughtfully, may coax forgotten memories from your grandparent’s past, give you some new insights into their life, and perhaps bring the two of you even closer...

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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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04 Nov You are Descended from Leaders

Posted at 08:57h in Family Stories, My Legacy by Jewish Grandparents Network
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You are descended from leaders, whose faith propelled them to “do the right thing” and raise up others, as they themselves rose to success. Your great-great-great-grandparents brought others from the jaws of the Czarist army and the winds of war to safety in the United...

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11 Oct Growing the Moral Imagination

Posted at 23:10h in Family Dynamics, Family Stories, My Legacy by Jewish Grandparents Network
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It goes without saying that we love our grandkids. And we want them to grow up to be good people, open to others, accepting of differences, wise, and brave. I call this the moral imagination, and when we just hang out, love them, play cards,...

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