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Pater: My Father, My Judaism, My Childlessness A multi-layered memoir | Purchase at Amazon (available also in Kindle) Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Goodreads, or ask your brick and mortar bookseller to order. Book Clubs - I am delighted to discuss The Pater via Skype or in person. pater.amemoir@gmail.com

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July 07, 2015

From The Hindu

Kerala’s oldest Jew complains against bank for withdrawing pension

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Jerusalem Launch Monday February 8, 2016 in dialogue with Start Up Nation author Saul Singer Moreshet Avraham Rechov Adam 22 East Talpiot 18:30

July 30, 2015

c ontact information: pater.amemoir@gmail.com This page last updated Feb 2, 2016 Jerusalem Book Launch & Sale Monday February 8, 2016 Elliot Jager in dialogue with Start Up Nation author Saul Singer Moreshet Avraham Rechov Adam 22 East Talpiot 18:30 For the latest news on THE PATER please visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Pater-My-Father-My-Judaism-My-Childlessness-927232393986393/ JEWISH BOOK WEEK LONDON Be Fruitful and Multiply Elliot Jager in dialogue with Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian Sunday, 21 February 2016 - 11:00am Location: St Pancras Price: £6.50 In his provocative book The Pater , Elliot Jager tackles a near-taboo topic: the Orthodox Jewish attitude towards infertility and what it feels like to be a childless Jewish man. In conversation with Guardian journalist Simon Hattenstone he also grapp...

'Elder Orphans' Are Childless Boomers who Have no one to Look After Them in old age

May 31, 2015

Some 25 percent of Americans 65 or older could find themselves "elder orphans," according to a report in Psych Central . These are people who have no family support to fall back upon when they run into health problems leaving them to deal with the medical and social service system on their own. " We have a sense that this will be a growing population as society ages and life expectancy increases, and our government and society need to prepare how to advocate for this population,” said physician Maria Torroella Carney, chief of geriatric and palliative medicine at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. "There is potentially no structure to address this population as this population is hidden right before us," said Carney. "Our goal is to highlight that this is a vulnerable population that's likely to increase, and we need to determine what community, social services, emergency response and educational resources can help them,...

In Raanana - Metro Tel Aviv Book Launch

March 08, 2016

The metro Tel Aviv launch of The Pater book will be held at Habayit Shel Benji on Tuesday March 15. Tel Aviv-based journalist, Algemeiner web editor and Israel Hayom & Jerusalem Post columnist Ruthie Blum will be in conversation with Elliot Jager. For security reasons, you need to RSVP, so please reserve your seat/s by sending email to pater.amemoir@gmail.com — include your name, cellphone number and names of people attending with you; we will confirm receipt of your email and provide further details. Proceeds from book sales will be donated to Habayit Shel Benji Liberty Barnes, University of Cambridge sociologist & author: "Jager has created a new genre of storytelling. Masterfully weaving together autobiography, genealogy, demography, politics, Bible stories, and interviews, Jager explores the cultural meanings of fatherlessness and childlessness in the notably pro-family context of modern Judaism. With fitting skepticism and good hum...