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Article: Daughters' aliya hurts mothers more than religiosity
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- Jerusalem Post
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- November 7, 2002
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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. ...