Family

Only one kid: the rise of the single child family

Families with just one offspring are increasingly common, even within the Jewish community. So what’s it like, raising someone without siblings?

By Gaby Koppel

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Viola Levy with her son Lenny Photo: Omer Barr

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The Jewish parents propping up the bank of mum and dad

By Eliana Jordan

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An Orthodox bride at her wedding - this is not the writer of the article (Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images)

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The nerves and rituals of a Charedi wedding night

By Anonymous

7 min read

Jon and Mason Sloneem with their board game, The Game of Two Halves (Photo: Sloneem)

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It’s a goal! Father and son find success with creation of football board game

By Ellie Grant

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Jo Kessel (centre) with her long-lost cousins Sara Kessel (left) and Abi Kessel (right) and their father Lipmann Kessel's memoir Surgeon at Arms.

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Reunited by a war hero: How I discovered long-lost cousins through their WWII-fighting father

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A group of Orthodox Jewish boys in London, England. (Getty Images)

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The infinite joys of having a big Jewish family

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Camp Simcha

Camp Simcha retreat lifts spirits for families of seriously ill children

By Hannah Gillott

2 min read

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From one Jewish mum called Victoria to another… advice for our new First Lady

Victoria Prever’s children are the same age as Victoria Starmer’s – so she’s acutely aware of what’s facing the PM’s wife

By Victoria Prever

3 min read

July 11, 2024 13:56

Jewish couple become ‘world’s oldest newlyweds’ with a combined age of 202

Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, tied the knot on Sunday

By Katie Grant

2 min read

May 23, 2024 14:22

Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, from Philadelphia, got married on Sunday at the residential home where they met (Photo: Sarah Sicherman)

By Josh Howie

Let’s talk about how our kids learn about gender

Why are Jewish kids coming home from school talking about 100 sexes?

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May 22, 2024 12:53

J K Rowling: campaigner on trans issues (Photo: Getty)

Four simchahs in one day at Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue

From baby blessings to an 80th birthday, all generations were celebrated

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

May 21, 2024 08:24

Lynda and Jonathan Silver with baby Freya at Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue (Photo: Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue)

By Keren David

I’m so glad Dad agreed to move into a care home

My 95-year-old father was adamant he would not go into a home — but Hammerson House gave him, and us, so much

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April 25, 2024 09:04

An overseas Pesach jaunt with my elderly parents - what could go wrong?

I’m not sure what the opposite of a health farm is but it’s probably a ‘Pesach hotel’

By Misha Mansoor

5 min read

April 17, 2024 12:24

Chaperone: Misha Mansoor in Spain for Passover

‘Pesach is a festival of freedom but this year we will be praying for the hostages’

An Orthodox mother and a rabbi open up about how they feel in the run-up to Seder night

By Felix Pope

3 min read

April 17, 2024 12:12

Shalvie Friedman and her son Kovi, 2, in the family's kitchen (Photo: Gary Manhine)

I didn’t tell my wife about her cancer death sentence – and she lived another 21 years

Rosie Gamp was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1999 but survived after an innovative new treatment

By Felix Pope

2 min read

February 23, 2024 10:54

Meet the Jewish man with 37 children

Until his daughter Rachel tracked him down in 2017, Peter Ellenstein had barely thought about the sperm bank donations of his youth. Now his 37 children are his world

By Miranda Levy

8 min read

February 22, 2024 16:53

Family matters: (top row, from left) a photo taken in 2017 of (back row) Peter’s brother David and sister Jan; (middle row) Peter (centre) with (from left) children Rachel, Courtney, Margaret and Alana; and (front row) Peter’s mother Lois

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Family

Only one kid: the rise of the single child family

The Jewish parents propping up the bank of mum and dad

The nerves and rituals of a Charedi wedding night

It’s a goal! Father and son find success with creation of football board game

Reunited by a war hero: How I discovered long-lost cousins through their WWII-fighting father

The infinite joys of having a big Jewish family

Camp Simcha retreat lifts spirits for families of seriously ill children

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