:: 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.