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Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum
The
Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum is a unique platform that
addresses issues confronting the contemporary family in the 21st
century. The forum offers programs for family members of every age
including children, teenagers, singles, married couples and seniors,
bringing people together to inform, discuss and connect.
The
Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum will open with the Washington
DC Premiere of the Film,
Unsettled, a
cutting-edge documentary that chronicles the experience of young
Israelis in the summer of 2005, during the end of Israel’s 38-year
occupation of the Gaza Strip. Young soldiers and settlers suddenly
found themselves on opposite sides of one of the most bitter
conflicts in their nation's history. Told in their words and from
their perspectives, Unsettled
is about being young and on the front lines of a conflict where the
lines are blurred, and in a society where the first battle for peace
is fought at home.
We
will welcome Ilene Leventhal and Francine Levinson for an
entertaining panel discussion of the hidden dreams and real hopes of
women of accomplishment within our community with special
appearances by several of the exceptional people profiled in their
new book Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed. This year’s
forum presents a special perspective on parenting beginning with a
program featuring Alexandra Robbins, author of the highly acclaimed
book, The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. In
the spring, Meredith Jacobs, author of The Modern Jewish Mom’s
Guide to Shabbat and creator of
www.modernjewishmom.com
will demonstrate how our Jewish traditions, when incorporated into
our homes, can be wonderful parenting tools. This year’s Forum
introduces a new program, a parent-child bookclub, where we will
discuss the acclaimed book, Invincible with the author Sally
Rosenberg Romansky.
Various
support groups, workshops and courses will be offered throughout the
year addressing such topics as The Women of the Bible, Interfaith
Marriage, Teen Sexuality, AIDS, Bereavement, and Divorce.
We
encourage you to watch for announcements of these extraordinary
programs in
The Journal.
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