Article: Daughters' aliya hurts mothers more than religiosity

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Headline: Daughters' aliya hurts mothers more than religiosity Byline: JUDY SIEGEL Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 05

Thursday, November 7, 2002 -- What proves more traumatic to American Jewish mothers than when their young adult daughters become modern Orthodox or haredi? When their daughters immigrate to Israel.

This is one of the findings of a study by Roberta Sands, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Work, called "Divided Families: The Impact of Religious Difference and Geographic Distance on Intergenerational Family Continuity."

Sands knows how it feels: She rarely sees her daughter and five grandchildren. ...

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