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Our grandson will be raised Catholic. How can I help my distraught husband adjust?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 30, 2018April 30, 2018
Morah Kathy with Nicki Gilbert’s children at Gan Mah Tov Preschool in 2014
Posted inColumns

My kids’ preschool teacher left an impression and beautiful legacy

by Nicki Gilbert April 27, 2018April 27, 2018
Nisha Zenoff and her late son, Victor
Posted inCulture

Grief counselor’s book gives voice to ‘Unspeakable Loss’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 26, 2018April 26, 2018
Future camper Arielle with a feathered friend (Photo/Courtesy BIJC)
Posted inJewish Life

New summer camp in Petaluma inspired by local Jewish chicken farming history

by J. Staff April 24, 2018April 24, 2018
"Memorial Tablet and Omer Calendar" by Baruch Zvi Ring, ca. 1900
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What childbirth teaches us about counting the Omer

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen April 20, 2018April 20, 2018
Johanna Meckel at the Dead Sea
Posted inIsrael at 70

This beautiful, messy country … my Israel

Johanna Meckel by Johanna Meckel April 19, 2018
Scientologists protest an ADHD conference in Tel Aviv, March 2018, with signs  saying "Childhood is not a mental disease" (Photo/Katherine Ellison)
Posted inJewish Life

How did Israel become the ADHD capital of the world?

Katherine Ellison by Katherine Ellison April 16, 2018
The Lauter family in Tel Aviv, 2015
Posted inIsrael at 70

A proud love letter to an imperfect land

Sam Lauter by Sam Lauter April 16, 2018
Ilse Bloch and Batya Ross — first- and third-generation survivors
Posted inJewish Life

Holocaust survivors are dwindling, but their children are just getting started

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 12, 2018April 14, 2018
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The games people play — and the ones my 5-year-old inflicts on them

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

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