Category Archives: Family

Anything to do with family relations, family members, family trees and how we treat family.

Pronatalism: Interviews with Malcolm Collins

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Aya Katz

WHAT IS PRONATALISM? If birth rates continue to fall at the current trajectory, most industrialized nations will face population collapse within five generations. Pronatalism is a movement that aims to lessen the effect of this imminent collapse by fostering reproductive … Continue reading →

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Letters of Condolence

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Aya Katz

When my grandfather, Benzion Katz, the Rector of the University of Tel Aviv, died in 1968, my grandmother Klara Katz received many, many letters of condolence. Two of the most notable are from my grandfather’s brother, Juliusz Katz-Suchy, and from … Continue reading →

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Painting Autumn Interlude: A Portrait of Two

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Aya Katz

For Christmas this year I painted a portrait of my daughter and her boyfriend. Though the portrait was in color in acrylics, I started with the black lines only. The black line version looks considerably different from the finished painting, … Continue reading →

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Different Ways to Remember a Trip to Scotland: Painting Swans

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Aya Katz

In 1963, my family went on a trip to Scotland and England. We rented a car and saw the sights. But the biggest impression that stayed with me over the years was of seeing the swans. Yesterday, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Belly Lying

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Aya Katz

When you were born, there were no rules about how a baby was supposed to be positioned in the crib. Sometimes you slept on your belly. Sometimes you slept on your back. There was usually a blanket covering you. There … Continue reading →

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Benefits of Risk Taking

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Aya Katz

The social, pediatric and medical policies that have been circulating in the United States in the past several decades and up to the present have had the tendency to penalize health, intelligence and success in favor of sickness, lowered cognitive … Continue reading →

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Insurance and the Safety Net

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Aya Katz

Nowadays, when Bow and I look out on the backyard we see our dog Leo lounging on the trampoline. But there was a time not long ago, when Sword and Bow used to play on that trampoline together. I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Remembering Amnon Katz

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Aya Katz

My father, Amnon Katz, died seventeen years ago today. It was October 3, 2000. His helicopter crashed and he was killed instantly. There were no other people on board. It was an experimental helicopter he had built with his students … Continue reading →

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Candy From Strangers

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Aya Katz

[This article was first published on Hubpages on 09/26/09. It got 39 comments. It has since been deindexed.] Candy from Strangers Image Credit: The Wikipedia   When I was a little girl, my grandmother tried to impress upon me how … Continue reading →

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Changing Social Norms in the 18th Century: The Courtships of Aaron Burr

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Aya Katz

Every generation decries the changing social norms of the generation that comes after: unless, of course, the older generation does not even survive to see how the younger generation lives. In that case, the younger generation is pretty much left … Continue reading →

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