Reflections on Aging
In the Land of Post-Adulthood
Marc Blesoff reflects on the possibilities that continue to be available even as we age. [Read more…]
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Blog
Guest Post: Technology lessens social isolation for seniors
While nothing replaces face-to-face conversations, holding a hand or a warm embrace, ViewClix and GrandPad make social interaction easier and safer. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
On the Passage of Time
Reflecting on the 100th anniversary of her grandmother’s birthday, Stefanie Levine Cohen explores how we perceive the passage of time. [Read more…]
Organization Programs for Boomers
National Study of Jewish Grandparents is Launched
We invite you to participate in a groundbreaking study that will explore the interests and family demographics of Jewish grandparents, ages 55-80. Your responses to an online survey will join those of grandparents throughout North [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…]
Blog
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…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Pass Over
I can hear the Russian accents shrayening Yiddish barbs at one another, “You draykop!” “You’re such a shmendrick!” “Of course the goyim don’t understand!” This is the normal conversation and banter from Bubbe and [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)
Baby Boomer Bubbe
The Role of a Grandparent…. To Spoil or Not?
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to announce that Sandy Taradash’s contributions to this site have a new, regular location under “Baby Boomer Bubbe.” Sandy will continue to contribute her observations about grandparenthood under this topic heading, [Read more…]
Radio Show
BGR 10/21/2014: Grandparents for Social Action and Balance and Fitness for Women
On the October 21 Boomer Generation Radio show, Rabbi Address chats first with Chicago-based Sharon Morton, developer and creator of Grandparents for Social Action, a movement of grandparents and active seniors learning and sharing their [Read more…]