Payback Time
Marlene Adler Marks
May 13, 1999
As most every parent or grandparent in our community knows, preschools are the single most important innovation in Jewish family life in the last 20 years.
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Family
Mother’s Day Peace at Last
Marlene Adler Marks
May 6, 1999
While perhaps not as violent as the wars in the Balkans or the Mideast, the domestic wars between Jewish mothers and daughters has been painful in its own right, deeply entrenched in our psychological makeup.
Big Mac Lessons
Avi Davis
May 6, 1999
The anguish of having a child reject the teachings and practices with which they are raised, troubles hundreds of thousands of parents from all cultures and backgrounds every day.
‘No Irony but Only Tragedy’
Jewish Journal
April 29, 1999
\”How could my son be a Nazi?\” Susan Yassenoff Klebold, Dylan\’s mother, said at the funeral, according to Marxhausen. \”He\’s half Jewish, and the seder is practiced in our home. He was still complaining about having to say the Four Questions.\”
How Green is My Envy?
Marlene Adler Marks
December 10, 1998
When my daughter, Samantha, was 6, I got a call from our synagogue\’s Hebrew-school principal. \”Do you have a Christmas tree?\” DiDi asked.
Educating American Jewish Families
Beverly Gray
December 10, 1998
Risa Gruberger, whose children are 8 and 9, hopes they will both grow up loving the Jewish holidays as she does. \”When the weather\’s crisp out,\” says Gruberger, \”I want them to feel they can smell it, they can taste it, that Chanukah\’s coming.
A Magical Season
Jewish Journal
November 19, 1998
A typical seventh-grade essay might be about a soccer game, a trip to the mall or a favorite pet. But Mathew Rudes isn\’t a typical 12-year-old.
Nick’s Bris — A True Story
Margo Kaufman
October 22, 1998
Nicholas was 7 months old when we adopted him in Siberia. Though he was born near Birobijan, the Jewish colony set up by Stalin, it only took one diaper change to see that he wasn\’t a member of the tribe. \”We must to do something about this,\” I announced to my husband, Duke, who was still in shock over becoming a father and crossing 20 time zones.
Divisions between Orthodox and Conservative Jews in the US
Jewish Journal
September 17, 1998
The divisions in the United States between Orthodox Jews on one side and Reform/Conservative Jews on the other have widened over the years, perhaps hastened by the increase in intermarriage, by the tendencies of the two groups to take opposing sides recently on political issues, by the demographic changes that have tilted in favor of the Orthodox.
Accidental Death in Utah
Ruth Stroud
September 17, 1998
Orel was killed at the start of what was to be the happiest week of her young life.
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