“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.”

Despite our era’s embrace of Marie Kondo and the new religion of decluttering, an argument can still be made for the power of physical items to convey a sense of places and people left behind.

In a collaboration between jGirls Magazine and Hadassah Magazine, six mother-daughter pairs unpack their dreams and fears, similarities and differences, untold stories and the impact of Judaism on their lives.

A mother has to tell the awful truth about a diagnosis of cancer to her teenage son.

Turn off that device, shut down the computer, log out of your email, it is time for a day of rest from the constant distractions of modern technology.