Baby Boomer Bubbe
Coming of Age … For Them or For Me?
Sandy Taradash reflects on the religious education and spiritual foundation her granddaughters received and how it affects the whole family. [Read more…]
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Baby Boomer Bubbe
What Will the Future Be Like for Our Grandkids?
Contributing writer Sandy Taradash wonders if the crises of our era, pandemic, economic stress, and social unrest, are affecting our grandchildrens’ future. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Oy Vey! Do We Need a Chuckle—and Real Facts!!
I’m coming clean and ready to confess: I am a news junkie. From the time I awaken till I leave for work, get into and out of my car, return home, while eating dinner and [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
What Do We Tell Our Grandchildren?
As Baby Boomers I can imagine you had some of the experiences I had back in the 50s when walking into a room of our parents and grandparents, and other elders, and hearing smatterings of [Read more…]
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The Conversations We Should be Having
This was just posted on the interfaithfamily.com web site. This is an issue that we at Jewish Sacred Aging would like to explore as this affects an increasing number of Boomer grandparents. We are very interested [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
A Love Story: A Jewish Grandmother and Her Catholic Grandchildren
By Rabbi Robyn Frisch, Director of InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia For the past eight-and-a-half years I’ve been the rabbi of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai (TMKC). It’s a small community with a close-knit group of congregants. At our Friday [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Is This the New Normal?
What is happening in this world? As a kid you couldn’t imagine saying the year that didn’t start with 19 let alone say 2016 and live to write the year 20-something, for that would ensure [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
A Poem….
I decided to take a walk today along the path they call Beautiful Journey. I love this walk because the flowers bloom in G-d’s brightest shades of Her pallet Even in the dead of [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Ten Things for Grandparents of Grandchildren Being Raised in Interfaith Families to do During Holiday Time
Here’s a great checklist you can download, courtesy of Big Tent Judaism. It’s a PDF file. Ten Things for Grandparents of Grandchildren Being Raised in Interfaith Families to do During Holiday Time (PDF Download)
Organization Programs for Boomers
Grandparents for Social Action – A guest commentary from Sharon Morton
Several things happened to me concurrently. First, I was about to retire from a wonderful 32 Year career as Director of Religious Education from Am Shalom, a great congregation in Glencoe, IL. Second, I went [Read more…]