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“American Birthright” Misses the Mark

By Molly Kazin Marshall

Becky Tahel Ben David’s documentary American Birthright, which centers around interfaith marriage, has been...

Pop Culture, Professional Development

Largest Group of Respondents from Jews of Color Initiative Study Are Interfaith Families

By Tema Smith

If you’re anything like me, the news that the Jews of Color Initiative commissioned a landmark study exploring...

Advocacy, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Professional Development

How to Make Your Website Interfaith Family-Friendly

By Tema Smith

Your website is the welcome mat for your community. It is often the first glimpse of your organization that...

Professional Development, Professionals, Resources

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Engaging Interfaith Families for the High Holy Days: A Checklist for an Inclusive Synagogue Experience

By Tema Smith

This is the perfect inclusive synagogue checklist to read through for the High Holy Days. The High Holy...

Webinars & eLearning

Upcoming Webinars Working with Interfaith Families: Best Principles for Jewish OrganizationsWednesday,...

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Conference Speakers

Clergy, Professional Development

18Doors’ network of educators are available for your next conference. Contact our Professional Development...

Interfaith Inclusive Language: A Glossary and Discussion Guide

Clergy, Digital Learning, Professional Development, Training

This glossary is designed to spark conversation in your organization about interfaith inclusive language. There...

Language Shapes Reality

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. My friend Rabbi...

Professionals Stories

Michael Chabon Didn’t Go Too Far

Advocacy, News, Professional Development

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. Noted author Michael...

Why These 5 Myths about Interfaith Families are Limiting Our Community

By Rabbi Evan Moffic

There’s a saying attributed to the French philosopher La Rochefoucauld. “The more things change, the more...

Family, Love and Marriage, Officiation, Religion, Synagogue

Objective Social Science?

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. Michelle Shain, a researcher...

Advocacy, Clergy, News, Officiation

Let’s Stop Using the Word “Problem” When Talking About Interfaith Marriage

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Recently I read two thought-provoking articles in the Jewish press: Rabbi Elliot Cosgove’s article in the New...

Why We Should Come Out as Interfaith Professionals on College Campuses

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Last month, I sat with 25 people who gathered over breakfast to talk about being part of interfaith families....

Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

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Start by Dropping the ‘Non-Jew’

By Lindsey Silken

This article was cross-posted on HuffingtonPost.com. As the editorial director at an organization that works...

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It’s Time to Stop Encouraging In-marriage

By Stacie Garnett-Cook

There are many in the Jewish community, including Steven M. Cohen in his recent response in The Forward’s Seesaw...

Family, Grandparents, Professional Development

This Mother’s Day Let’s Honor Grandmothers of Jewish Kids Who Aren’t Themselves Jewish

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

There are usually two types of Jewish blogs written in connection with Mother’s Day: 1. Those that focus on...

Birthright Israel and Interfaith Marriage

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories, Teenagers

[This piece, by Edmund Case and Jodi Bromberg, was published in eJewishPhilathropy on September 11, 2014.] Taglit-Birthright...

How Does Your Synagogue Handle Candle Lighting with Interfaith Families?

Policy, Professional Development

Our staff around the country worked together on this project to gather information about the ritual policies...

What Makes Judaism Distinct

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

The 18Doors Chicago Innovation Hub helped facilitate a class for grandparents about passing on their values...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

How to Teach and Reach: Children from Interfaith Families in Hebrew School

By Wendy Armon

Many people want to be welcoming but don’t necessarily know exactly how to provide the welcoming learning environment...

The Choosing People

By Rabbi Rachel Saphire

On Yom Kippur in 2013, Rabbi Rachel Saphire of Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA, gave an inspiring sermon....

Clergy, High Holy Days, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

What Our Surveys Say About What Attracts Interfaith Families to Jewish Organizations