Grandparenting

Are your children or grandchildren intermarried? Figuring out the best way to share your Jewish identity with your grandchildren can be tricky but incredibly rewarding. Below is a list of articles and resources on the InterfaithFamily.com website, as well as some external links, to help you with the ongoing issues grandparents of intermarried children and grandchildren face.

Helpful Grandparenting Documents

Five Tips for Grandparents whose Grandchildren Are Being Raised in a Different Religion

Grandparenting Articles

1.	Our Experiences: Baltimore's Grandparents Circle - By Barbara Pash
2.	How Grandparents Can Share Their Jewish Heritage with Interfaith Grandchildren - By Rabbi Barbara Aiello
3.	Can a Jewish Bubbe Help a New Generation Keep the Faith? - By Janet Silver Ghent
4.	The Jewish Girl and the Wonderful Mother-in-Law - By Rachel Baruch Yackley

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1.	My Grandkids Aren't Jewish. So What? - By Milton Davis
2.	Grandparents: The Hidden Link in Interfaith Marriages - By Sam Osherson
3.	Sharing Your Faith with Your Grandchildren - By Janet Strassman Perlmutter
4.	When Your Child Intermarries - By Phoebe Kerness

Grandparenting Article Archives

Grandparenting

Discussion Board

Grandparenting/Parents of Adult Intermarried Children

Additional Resources on Grandparenting

Video

Is your community doing enough to help interfaith couples make Jewish choices? Learn more about Love and Religion, a film and workshop guide by Marion Usher.

Websites

Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information:
Visit the Grandparents Circle, an education and support program for Jewish grandparents whose adult children have intermarried, created by the Jewish Outreach Institute.

Books

Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
Levin, Sunie. Mingled Roots: A Guide for Jewish Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren. URJ Press, 2003. Read our review.
Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry M. and Golin, Paul. 20 Things for Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren To Do (and Not Do) to Nurture Jewish Identity in Their Grandchildren. Torah Aura Productions, 2007. Read an excerpt.

If you know of other grandparenting resources — or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of grandparenting — please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.

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