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Grandparenting Resources

Are your children or grandchildren intermarried? Figuring out the best way to share your Jewish identity with your grandchildren can be tricky but incredibly rewarding. Below is a list of articles and resources on the InterfaithFamily.com website, as well as some external links, to help you with the ongoing issues grandparents of intermarried children and grandchildren face.

Helpful Grandparenting Documents

• Five Tips for Grandparents whose Grandchildren Are Being Raised in a Different Religion

Recommended Grandparenting Articles

• When Your Child Intermarries by Phoebe F. Kerness
• Sharing Your Faith with Grandchildren by Janet Strassman Perlmutter
• Being Great Grandparents to Children of Interfaith Couples by Karen Kushner
• Grandparents: The Hidden Link in Interfaith Marriages by Sam Osherson
• Thoughts on Grandparenting a Christian Grandchild by Paula Lee Hellman

For many more helpful grandparenting articles, click on these links to access our archives:

• Grandparenting
• Talking about God In Interfaith Families
• Extended Family Relationships
• Telling Parents about Religious Decisions for Your Children

For previous Web Magazine issues on grandparenting, click on the links below:

• Issue 175 (January 2006)
• Issue 172 (November 2005)
• Issue 138 (July 2004)
• Issue 137 (July 2004)
• Issue 82 (April 2002)
• Issue 81 (March 2002)
• Issue 80 (March 2002)

Discussion Board

• Grandparenting/Parents of Adult Intermarried Children

Additional Resources on Grandparenting

Websites

Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information:

• Mixed Families, Jewish Choices 
• Shifting Beneath Our Feet
• When Family Members Aren't Jewish: Some Considerations
• Overview: The American Jewish Family Today

Books

• Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
• Levin, Sunie. Mingled Roots: A Guide for Jewish Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren. URJ Press, 2003. Read our review.

If you know of other grandparenting resources--or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of grandparenting--please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.

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