Jacob's Family and Ours

By Paula Lee Hellman

The first difficulty our family has to cope with: finding common ground.

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Learning to Forgive Myself

By Marlene Beach

I almost lost my daughter. I couldn't understand her choices. 

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Expanded Line
By Paulette Mann

What joys would be lost forever if we were to turn away because of our children's choices.

What makes religious faith, heritage and tradition so compelling in the relationship between grandparent and grandchild?

Your job is to protect the grandchild from your feelings of disapproval.

Dear Wendy: Christmas or Hanukkah Gifts?
By Wendy Weltman Palmer

As the Jewish grandmother I feel that my gifts should be given during Hanukkah.

Nina wants a Jewish husband, but is hotly pursued by Antoine, a non-Jew intrigued by the idea of conversion. 

Aaron, deprived of his father's attention, is lured by a non-Jewish goddess (Kate Bosworth) into checking out a Hare Krishna house.

Pogrebin found the topic of intermarriage to be one of the touchiest subjects she broached.

Sam's parents wanted him to have a bar mitzvah, but they aren't religious and felt it would be hypocritical to join a congregation.