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  • The Power and Danger of Secrets
    Family
    The Power and Danger of Secrets
    The Power and Danger of Secrets

    You are only as sick as your secrets,” I was told during my inpatient stint at McLean psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Mass.

    You are only as sick as your secrets,” I was told during my inpatient stint at McLean psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Mass.

  • My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi
    Family
    My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi
    My Cousin Fritz Was Married to a Nazi

    Finding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.

    Finding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.

  • How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime
    Family
    How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime
    How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime

    “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.”

    “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.”

Family
Why I Let My Daughter Get a Nose Job
by Lisa Tognola | JTA
My daughter told me couldn’t stand her nose, that she hated getting teased about it and wanted to fix it before she started college.
Family
The Jewish Mother, a Love Story
by Eetta Prince-Gibson
The evolution of Yiddishe Mommes, from iconic portrayals such as Molly Goldberg to the image of the 'Polish mother' in Israel.
Family
With My Niece in the NICU, I Longed for My Mother’s Presence
by Tammar Stein
I channeled my later mother's optimism and strength as my newborn niece fought for her life.
Family
Remembering My Father on World AIDS Day
by Dana Robbins
My father's quiet nature masked a significant part of his adult life that only came to light after his death in 1982.
Family
Family
Remembrance of Things Past in Kolkata
by Rahel Musleah
by Rahel Musleah
Kolkata, the Indian city I left for America as a child of 6, has bewitched me like a distant lover for much of my life.
Family
Family
Big Sonia: A Grandmother-Granddaughter Conversation
by Eric Berger
by Eric Berger
Documentarian Leah Warshawski captures the story and impact of her larger-than-life grandmother in the film Big Sonia.
Family
Loving Josh: Dealing with a Son’s Depression
by David Booth
We expect our children to follow a set path—college, career, family. How should parents react when that path is derailed by depression?
Family
A Diaspora View of Israel: It Is Real—Isn’t It?
by Shelley J. Klein
My husband, our two sons—ages 7 and 10—and I are spending a year in Israel. We went from Brooklyn to Bavli, a neighborhood in Tel Aviv.

 

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