Viva Hammer, formerly of the Joint Committee on Taxation in the U.S. Congress, is currently at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University, where she is completing a book, Child Desire: Large Families in a Small Family World.
Paul Morland’s latest book shows that despite living longer, healthier lives, people are less willing to have children now than at any time in history.
Isolation can foster new growth within families or communities despite physical separation, as we confront the crisis with generosity, solidarity, and care.
For observant Jews, the couple is the unit of participation in a community; a single person is an extra digit, a misfit. Observant Jews divorce only when desperate.