What Makes Judaism Distinct
The 18Doors Chicago Innovation Hub helped facilitate a class for grandparents about passing on their values...
Author: Rabbi Ari Moffic
Rabbi Ari Moffic is the former director of the 18Doors Chicago Innovation Hub and is the founder of CoHere.
New Ideas about Jewish Newcomers
I’ve been out and about lately (Diversity Shabbat at Temple Chai in Long Grove and the PJ Library Conference...
You Shall Be Holy
I will be speaking as part of Diversity Shabbat on Friday, April 25. The Torah portion for this Shabbat includes...
Talking Interfaith at TribeFest 2014
Lindsey Silken and I recently attended TribeFest which is a conference of the Jewish Federations of North America....
Rabbi Ari Moffic’s Sermon on Today’s Judaism
The following is my sermon given on March 7, 2014 at Temple Beth El in Munster, IN.
The weekly Torah portions...
Professional Development, Professionals, Religion, Religious Life, Resources, Synagogue
Tell Your Congregants: Don’t Go
So many couples I marry have one partner who grew up at an area congregation but left after their bar or bat...
Why Rabbis Ask Couples Getting Married About Future Children
Rabbi Moffic officiating the wedding of Mark Swartz and Liz Treacy
In an article in The Forward, a Rabbi in...
Getting a Hebrew Name
As our booklet on baby girl naming ceremonies explains, names are the beginning of identity formation. Choosing...
Judaism the American Way?
A recent blog has stirred up some disapproving comments on our Facebook page. This couple split their holiday...
Synagogue Can Be Your Second Home
My children are too at home at our synagogue. Their dad is the rabbi there and they feel that his office is...
My Life is Changing
I often feel that life is a series of days unless we pause occasionally to celebrate. There are definitely highs...
Who is IN and Who is OUT?
I recently attended a think tank talking about how to expand “our” reach to interfaith families, Jews of all...
An Interfaith Family’s Bar Mitzvah
I recently had the honor of working with an interfaith family as their son, Jonah, prepared for his Bar Mitzvah....
Moms and Membership
I recently had the honor of meeting five women who are due with their first babies in the fall (one brought...
Jewish Educators: Keeping It Real
My last blog post was a plea to program providers to look at their enrollment forms with new lenses this summer....
Clergy, Professionals, Religious Education, Religious Life, Resources
Boxed In: The Call in Option
It’s that time of the summer when we need to register for fall activities. This blog is a request to synagogues...
What Apple Stores Can Teach Synagogues
An Apple store opening in Chicago
A Reform educator in town, Vanessa Ehrlich, wrote an interesting blog post...
The Invasion of Skokie
In discussing interfaith marriage, language matters. I was reminded of this truth in watching the play Invasion...
Preparing Parents For Their Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Our booklet, Bar & Bat Mitzvahs for the Interfaith Family, is available as an on-screen reading friendly...
Try Being a Stranger
We speak a lot about the importance of welcoming interfaith families to organized Jewish life. Congregations...
Membership Possibilities: the Give and Take Model
Many rabbis I meet with me tell me that they need more members in their synagogues. They want to retain their...
Love Is In The Air
Is an interfaith ketubah Legit? Love is in the air… (Is it wrong for a rabbi to say “happy Valentines...
Something I’ve Been Thinking About…
I love brainstorming ideas for Jewish education and engagement (outreach). One idea I’ve been tossing around...
Rethinking the Bar or Bat Mitzvah
A rabbinical student recently wrote a post for Kveller called Ban the Bar Mitzvah. In the post, he argues that...
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