The Jewish Grandparents Network engages, educates and celebrates grandparents so that they can fulfill their essential roles in elevating families as the cornerstone of Jewish life.
Welcome from Lee M. Hendler, Co-Founder and President of the Jewish Grandparents Network
These were not the families we imagined when we first set out on our parenting journeys over 40 years ago…
The National Study of Jewish Grandparents
To deepen our understanding of today’s Jewish grandparents we undertook a landmark research study. Click below to learn about the study and its findings.
Featured Stories
The quick answer is that Independence Day may be the most Jewish US Civic Holiday we celebrate. For a longer answer, check out the four principles below. Principle 1: How Jews and Americans Live with Canon We basically do it the same way. We debate and…
Shavuot, which begins at sundown on May 16, 2021 and ends at sunset on May 18, is a major Jewish holiday celebrated forty-nine days after the second day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival, but now also commemorates the giving of the Torah….
Our Bubbie Ida Paperny, lived in the kitchen. Seriously. She also “loved” in the kitchen. She loved when her four daughters helped her cook up a huge family Shabbat or holiday meal. Our mothers too, excellent cooks both, worked for hours over hot stoves to…
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