This Family-Crafted B-Mitzvah guide can launch you into a grandparent-led experience or ritual marking the newest Jewish adult in your family — your teen grandchild. ...
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...
Listen to what’s on your B-Mitzvah grandchild’s mind as you cook together....
3 strategies for having significant pre- and post- B-Mitzvah conversations with your grandchild...
Steps you can take to develop and enhance your own relationship with the parents of your B-Mitzvah grandchild...
Combine the memory-power of objects and the ease of photography for you and your B-Mitzvah grandchild to share parts of yourselves....
Combine the memory-power of objects and the ease of photography for you and your B-Mitzvah grandchild to share parts of yourselves....
How ordinary personal treasures in our closets can trigger memories and family stories to share with teen grandchildren....
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...
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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