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Program helps grandparents nurture interfaith grandkids

Bettina Kurowski is the chair of the 2008 fundraising campaign of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and active in her Conservative synagogue. She\’s also a grandmother of three young grandchildren. They give her great naches, or joy, she says, but she\’s also worried — the children\’s father is not Jewish, the kids are being raised in an interfaith home and Kurowski, for all her Jewish involvement, is not sure what role she should play in passing on the Jewish heritage that is so dear to her.

Marriage Conversion Rate Proves Low

Fewer than one-fifth of non-Jews who marry Jews convert to Judaism, according to a new study distributed by the American Jewish Committee.

‘Tis Never the Season for Chrismukkah

On Dec. 25, Rod Shapiro and Pat Wong will exchange Christmas and Chanukah gifts spread under a seven-foot Christmas tree. They will listen to carols sung by Johnny Mathis and Chanukah songs by the Klezmatics.

December Dilemma: Distorting Chanukah

Welcome to Chanukah and the December Dilemma. In Hebrew schools all over Los Angeles — and in temple discussion groups for intermarrieds on how to survive the holiday season — Chanukah is taught as a ritually dense Jewish substitute for Christmas that needs to elbow its way into some December shelf space, rather than a holiday that commemorates a group of Jews fighting against the forces of Hellenistic secularism to remain an insular, Torah-committed community.

Tips to Engage Your Family in the New Year

Dad, I have my first big test in biology next Thursday, Sandy explained. Next Thursday? Yep. Sorry, honey, you are going to have to miss it. Next Thursday is Rosh Hashanah and I want you to go to services with me.

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