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WATER FROM THE WELL: These are the generations

Existential angst as we raise children who make different choices than our own –often leading to rupture, estrangement and alienation –leads many parents to question the truth of their own existence.

BIRTH OF Esau and Jacob as an example of twins’ fate against the arguments of astrology, by François Maitre, 1475-1480, detail from miniature at the Museum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague.
BIRTH OF Esau and Jacob as an example of twins’ fate against the arguments of astrology, by François Maitre, 1475-1480, detail from miniature at the Museum Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
ByNECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
NOVEMBER 8, 2018 00:28
Updated: NOVEMBER 9, 2018 07:53
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