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Our monthly email newsletter is filled with support for grandparents of interfaith families. From Jewish recipes...

Grandparent Advice, Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

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Everyone Moved In and We Saved Each Other

By Joan Jeffri Keller

“What do I do for him?” my daughter Anna asked when her husband, Adrian, lost his mother to...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

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Finding My Way as an Interfaith Grandma

By Sheryl Block

I have been happily married for over 45 years. My husband and I have three children, two boys and a girl. Their...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

Don’t Call Me Bubbe–I’m Grandma.

By Sherrie Bergus

On the eve of my first birthday as a grandmother, which happened to be the day of the eclipse, I wrote this...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

Grandparents: The Hidden Link in Interfaith Marriages

By Sam Osherson

Grandparents are the hidden link to raising Jewish children in an interfaith marriage. Even when interfaith...

Grandparent Advice, Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

Thoughts on Being a Bubbie

By Mae Rockland Tupa

When I was growing up in the Jewish corner of the East Bronx more than half a century ago, “intermarriage”...

Divorce, Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

A Jewish Grandmother and Her Catholic Grandchildren: A Love Story

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

For the past eight-and-a-half years, I’ve been the rabbi of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai (TMKC). It’s a small...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

Honoring In-Laws’ Holidays: One Jewish Grandmother’s Approach

By Zell Schulman

Two of our four children are in interfaith marriages. Our oldest child’s family only celebrates Hanukkah,...

Grandparenting, Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, Hanukkah, Hanukkah Food, Recipes

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Grandparenting for the High Holidays

By Zell Schulman

As the Jewish grandmother of nine, my plate is overflowing with pride and joy. Yet whenever the High Holy Days...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, High Holy Days

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A Grandparent’s Legacy

By Jeanette Bergelson

What is our role in the interfaith family unit? We are not just the grandparents; we are the Jewish grandparents....

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, Identity

Grandparenting a Christian Grandchild

By Paula Lee Hellman

When my daughter called to tell me that she was getting married to the young man she had been dating for over...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

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Broken Line

By Paulette Mann

We are blessed with a loving relationship with our two sons. When our younger son met the gal he planned to...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, Relationships

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