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...events. While we were assessing the situation, my father phoned. My 70-year-old parents, who live on a kibbutz, are very worried and anxious about the situation in Israel. They went through all the wars here, but they don't stop dreaming of peace for my children, their grandchildren...
Bloch lived in Lexington, Mass. He leaves a wife, Lore Teutsch; two children, Peter and Susan; and two grandchildren. The funeral service is private...
...long. You can pace from one side to the other in five minutes. But what worlds you pass in a handful of time! On your way in, you may pass old, tired Jews leaning for support and planting kisses on the Western Wall as if they were caressing their grandchildren. Moments later, you skirt by a Muslim scholar, a white turban wrapped around his scarlet fez. He is bent double in the shade of a pine, scrubbing his feet and hands as he prepares to pray in al-Aqsa Mosque. The air is alive with the sacred mumblings of Hebrew...
...often not until grandchildren arrive that parents who had given up hope finally see the last boxes carted out the door. "When people begin to feel very secure in their lives," Billingham says, "they can feel O.K. snipping that final thread to home...
...MORE ROCKING CHAIRS There are more and more grandparents in the U.S.--69 million at last count--and they are overturning all the old stereotypes. Today some 74% of Americans 50 and older have grandchildren, and these grandparents are wealthier, younger and more active than previous generations. They seem to prefer working to retirement. Grandma is more likely to be making business deals than cookies. Boomer grandparents are also comfortable using modern methods, like e-mail, to maintain family bonds...