Reflections on Aging
A Letter to My Grandchildren
JSA Contributing Writer Len Berman shares some thoughts with his grandchildren. [Read more…]
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Baby Boomer Bubbe
Ground Hog Day! Empty Nester AGAIN!
Sandy Taradash describes the second-time empty nest experience as the grandchildren move away. [Read more…]
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Long Distance Grandparenting: Making Each Moment Sacred
JSA Contributing Author Rabbi Karen Fox describes the complexity of grandparenting at longer distances. [Read more…]
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…]
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…]