Category Archives: Changing Families

Tribute to the Moms

Posted on May 11, 2015 by shaananlaw

Yesterday was Mother’s Day in the US and Canada, and Rabbi Elchanan Poupko has written an important, if not to say sensitive, article in the  Jewish Press, A Tribute to Orthodox Single Moms. Well worth reading, and I dedicate this … Continue reading →

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“Bring me sons; if not, I shall die.” (Genesis 30:1). This is the pained call by Rachel to her husband Jacob which we read in synagogue yesterday during the Shabbat Torah reading. The immediate solution to Rachel’s infertility, is for her … Continue reading →

Posted on November 10, 2013 by shaananlaw | Leave a comment

Motherless Child

Posted on July 7, 2013 by shaananlaw

In the olden days, a motherless child was generally a foundling, a child whose birth mother abandoned it for some or other reason. That’s not the case in a recent decision by Judge Geula Levin of the Beersheva Family Court. … Continue reading →

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Stealth Pregnancy

Posted on May 2, 2013 by shaananlaw

Generally, when the court system uses the term “stealing sperm” it has to do with claims filed by men who had relations with women who told them that they could not become pregnant. When these women had children and then … Continue reading →

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Labour Pains

Posted on April 7, 2013 by shaananlaw

The Tel Aviv District Labour Court (Judge Osnat Rubowitz-Barchash) recently gave a decision which dealt with a uniquely Israeli question: what happens when an unmarried teacher in an all-girls religious high-school becomes pregnant not the good old-fashioned way, but using … Continue reading →

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Who Owns Surrogacy?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by shaananlaw

Always tracking the ongoing saga of rapid changes in family life and the very definition of family, I saw an article on the CNN website by Elizabeth Cohen about a conflict between a surrogate mother and the parents who had … Continue reading →

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Seriously?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by shaananlaw

Don’t have time to comment on this, but can’t resist sharing this little article I just ran across. Perhaps one of the more apt examples of the old adage: No good deed goes unpunished. Kansas: Sperm Donor Is Ordered to … Continue reading →

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Delayed Gratification

Posted on December 12, 2012 by shaananlaw

Generally, there are lots of benefits to acquiring a tasted for delayed gratification. However, is seems to delay the gratification of becoming a parent is a high-cost proposition. Judith Shulevitz had a fascinating article in The New Republic this past … Continue reading →

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Unlock the Wedlock

Posted on December 11, 2012 by shaananlaw

I’ve written previously about the failure to adequately address legal and social ramifications to the speedy changes to the family in the past decades. One of these issues is the move for same-sex marriages without adequately addressing other needs, such … Continue reading →

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Listen to Me

Posted on October 28, 2012 by shaananlaw

Almost every parent going through divorce makes the claim that they only want what is best for their children, and pledge to do whatever it takes to shelter their children from the storm of divorce and its aftermath. Unfortunately, every … Continue reading →

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