This course explores the unique role that grandparents have played throughout Jewish history, from Biblical times to the present. We will discuss the ways in which grandparents influenced their grandchildren, including some well known Jewish historical figures. In telling this moving story, we’ll talk about our personal connections to our grandparents, and (for those of us who are grandparents ourselves) our relationships with our grandchildren. How do grandparents connect us to our past and help to shape the Jewish future?

With Instructor Reena Friedman