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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of 'The Equal Parent,' left, with son Solly and husband Robin. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2023, 3:02 am
These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor
In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too
By Robert Philpot
Author Rich Cohen (left) and his father Herb Cohen with 'Mick Jagger,' New York, 2016. (Courtesy of Rich Cohen)
May 27, 2022, 1:28 pm
From Brooklyn gang to the Oval Office: Meet negotiator extraordinaire Herb Cohen
Rich Cohen’s latest book, ‘The Adventures of Herbie Cohen,’ is part biography and part family memoir, centering on his father, an international deal-making guru
By Renee Ghert-Zand
From left: Marcella Morris as a young woman; Ruth Morris in her high school yearbook; Selma Morris as a young woman (Courtesy of Julie Klam)
September 20, 2021, 7:10 am
Truth trumps fiction in family mythbuster on quirky turn-of-the-century sisters
In ‘The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,’ Julie Klam travels the globe to separate the truth from the lore about her grandmother’s 4 philanthropic chain-smoking millionaire cousins
By Renee Ghert-Zand
From the WebApril 8, 2021, 12:38 am
A Queens rabbi unlocked my grandmother’s story of surviving Auschwitz
She baked for us and gardened. We knew her story. But even after all she’d been through, I never heard her grapple with faith. I’m so glad she had someone to turn to
By Ilana Fodiman-Silverman
Israeli children watch as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a live press conference on the new government restrictions for the public regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 on March 19, 2020. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 28, 2020, 8:55 am
How to get through the virus lockdown with your marriage and family intact
A clinical psychologist and couples therapist gives some tips on how to survive under new pressures of pandemic rules
By Sue Surkes
Rebecca Schull plays a Jewish matriarch with a shocking secret past in 'The Last.' (Plainview Pictures)
March 28, 2019, 4:28 am
NY Jewish family learns its beloved bubbe is really a Nazi nurse, in new film
In ‘The Last’ opening March 29, veteran actor Rebecca Schull is heart of provocative story about nonagenarian who decides to reveal her true identity to her progeny before she dies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2018, 9:05 pm
New Israeli religious group aims to combat LGBTs for ‘destroying family values’
Movement will launch online campaign against surrogacy and adoption rights, plans to hold demonstration in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Chaim I. Waxman
July 23, 2018, 2:12 pm
Chaim I. Waxman
The fertility of American Jewry
Jews worrying about demographics was around before Steven M. Cohen and his research, and it will be around after him too
Jill Jacobs
June 27, 2018, 3:03 pm
Jill Jacobs
Sodom outlawed immigrants too
The US should look out — a country that closes its doors to those seeking refuge inevitably destroys itself
Mark Cooper
June 22, 2018, 7:06 pm
Mark Cooper
I don’t care what the Bible says
Sure, let’s reform Immigration, but not by weaponizing biblical verses to justify a policy of separating families
Ruthi Soudack
June 13, 2018, 3:13 pm
Ruthi Soudack
I can’t blame it all on anti-Semitism, can I?
When the drop-down list of countries on the yoga registration form doesn’t include Israel
Joseph C. Kaplan
May 11, 2018, 7:18 pm
Joseph C. Kaplan
You can go home again
When visiting the old neighborhood is more than nostalgia; it’s passing down family lore
Carrie Bornstein of Boston prepares for an injection during her surrogate pregnancy for a British-Jewish couple living in London, 2017 (courtesy)
April 28, 2018, 5:17 am
A surrogate mother’s ‘logical decision’ to help a couple living 3,269 miles away
By completing a nine-month ‘extreme babysitting’ gig, a Jewish mother aids a childless British couple — and removes stigma surrounding surrogacy in her own community
By Matt Lebovic
Avital Hochstein
April 20, 2018, 2:47 am
Avital Hochstein
Family dynamics can explain global Jewry
It’s as if Diaspora Jews can’t break out of living at home, and Israeli Jews, having moved out, face new challenges
Orly Margulis
April 12, 2018, 1:17 pm
Orly Margulis
Mengele believed young Trudy’s lie
I wore my grandmother’s raincoat and carried her book in my hand as I retraced her steps at Auschwitz
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