In fall 2018, the author gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom she and her husband named Havi. Fifteen months later, Havi was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs.

I wonder now why I ever wanted to use plastic surgery to eradicate Mother from my reflection.

Grandma Sheila taught me to not rush anything—and certainly never a pot of chicken soup with matzah balls made for those we love.

For almost 40 years, three sisters sought to bring to justice the man who had molested them as children growing up in New York in the 1950s and…

According to the numerous articles, Elfriede had served as a guard at Ravensbrück.

Mother-daughter and grandmother-granddaughter relationships have evolved—and sometimes grown closer—amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”

Hadassah Magazine Discussion Group presents: How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime, with Executive Editor Lisa Hostein, featuring Dani Shapiro, Jennifer Mendelsohn and Libby Copeland.