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How Choosing Judaism Helped Me Embrace My Black, Bisexual Identity

By C. E. Harrison

Every Jew-by-choice’s journey to Judaism is different. And while we share some similarities, our lived experiences...

Conversion, Identity, LGBTQ

Can You Convert to Judaism? Yes, and Here Are Five People Who Did. 

By Kristin Eriko Posner

Since Judaism isn’t a proselytizing religion, and doesn’t seek to convert people who aren’t Jewish, many people...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice

Becoming a Jew By Choice: 6 Different Stories of Telling Our Families

By Kristin Eriko Posner

As a Jew by choice, stepping into the waters of the mikveh to finish my conversion process is forever etched...

Conversion, Identity

Becoming Jewish After 13 Years and Three Attempts

By Molly Laufer

My path to Judaism took 13 years. And while I ended up marrying the first Jewish person I ever met (my now-husband...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Marriage, Relationships

Love Changed My Insecurities About Religion & Cerebral Palsy

By Sean Kelly

For much of my life, I found it hard to fit in. Born a triplet with Cerebral Palsy (CP), and raised in an interfaith...

Identity, Relationships, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

Converting to Judaism and Telling My Catholic Family

By Joe Grasso

Things seemed to be working out great for my wife and me as an interfaith family:...

Conversion, Family, Identity, Parenting, Relationships, Religion

Rorri Geller Mohamed and family

This Mom of an Interracial, Dual-Faith Family Has the Advice & Support We Need

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Rorri Geller-Mohamed, LCSW, is a family therapist and parent coach who specializes in working with multiracial...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Tips & Advice, Race, Young Kids

Why We Call Them Intercultural Weddings: A Secular Humanistic Jewish Approach

By Rabbi Miriam Jerris

When Jews are about to intermarry, they confront their feelings about their Jewish identity. This is a critical...

Denominations

Confronting the Charge that the Gospels are Anti-Semitic

By Menachem Wecker

A review of Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-being in a Christian Environment (Jewish...

Books

Singing Oseh Shalom

By 18Doors

Oseh Shalom is a part of a phrase found in the conclusions of many Jewish blessings and prayers, including...

Blessings

Happy Birthday Song

By 18Doors

In Hebrew, “happy birthday” is “yom huledet sameach.” It can be easily sung to the same tune that...

Blessings

Emily's family

Finding My Place in the Preschool Jew Crew: Parenting with Interfaith Blinders

By Emily Silberman

I’d like to say that my Jewish husband, Ryan, and I had a plan when we started our family—Jewish preschool...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Unplug for Less Doing and More Being

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Here’s what my “To Do” List on a recent day looked like: To Do: Fill out evaluation form for current grant Write...

Religion & Spirituality

Conversion to Judaism: Frequently Asked Questions

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

Booklets, Conversion

church christmas light

I’m Jewish but Go To Church on Christmas—Here’s Why

By Melissa Henriquez

Growing up in New Jersey, I loved celebrating Christmas. I have lovely memories of opening presents on Christmas...

Hanukkah & Christmas, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Life

Image of two sets of feet wearing hiking boots and walking in the woods with the sun shining through the trees.

How Do We Bring Two Faiths into Our Everyday?

By Laura Drescher

Often couples of the same faith join a religious community together after getting married. As an interfaith...

Identity, Religion, Religious Life, Resources, Spirituality

kristin's bat mitzvah

How I Came to Embrace My Important Role in Judaism

By Kristin Eriko Posner

On Saturday, March 10th, 2018, in front of my family and community, I became a bat mitzvah at 33. The service...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Conversion, Identity, Jews of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Synagogue

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Jewish Greetings Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

Ever hear someone use Jewish greetings and aren’t sure what it means or how to respond? Happy and sad lifecycle...

Hanukkah, Holiday Toolbox, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

How We Found the Right Synagogue for Us

By Elizabeth Vocke

Almost two years ago we started talking about joining a synagogue. We knew it was time to put our daughter in...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Synagogue

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How to Discuss Anti-Semitism with Youths

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Q: I am about to have Jewish grandchildren, and I am terrified! Don’t get me wrong; we love our son-in-law....

Anti Semitism, Grandparents, Young Kids

Converting Meant Adding Judaism, Not Losing Japanese

By Kristin Eriko Posner

Kristin at her synagogue, Congregation Emanu-el. Credit: Laurel Street Kitchen On March 22, 2016, I completed...

Conversion, Identity

Synagogues and the Jewish Community

By 18Doors

You’re in an interfaith relationship and considering joining a synagogue, but you’re not sure how...

Synagogue

Jewish Denominations

By 18Doors

Judaism has numerous movements, or denominations, that cover the spectrum of Jewish practice, belief and community....

Denominations

All the Jewish Infighting is Killing Me

By Debra Lynn Shelton

Years ago, my Catholic husband decided he wanted to convert to Judaism. At the time, we’d only been married...

Relationships

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