How a Catholic School Girl Ended Up With Five Bar Mitzvah Boys
If anyone would have told me when I was 17 that someday I would be in an interfaith marriage and have five...
The Insanity of Packing My Daughter’s Perfect Jewish Mexican Lunch
I learned the word for bread in English first. The soft syllable already begging for butter,...
What Does Jewish Identity Look Like in Your Home?
We recently asked parents and grandparents to weigh in about what’s important to you about raising your kids/grandkids...
Planning a Virtual Baby Naming: An Expanded Guest List and Too Much Zabar’s
It’s funny looking back on my third pregnancy and thinking about the confidence my husband and I had...
Everyone Moved In and We Saved Each Other
“What do I do for him?” my daughter Anna asked when her husband, Adrian, lost his mother to...
Resources for Parents Whose Children Are in Interfaith Relationships
When some parents first find out their child is dating or marrying someone who is not Jewish, they may not...
It’s Not My Face that Makes Me Jewish
Rabbi Jillian, age 6
I recently read an incredible article posted in Alma, written by a former congregant of...
Mom and Dad: We’re in Love and We’re Not Teenagers
Elizabeth’s parents on her wedding day
There’s a memory that stands out. I’m standing in the kitchen of...
The First Hero
2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellow Emma Mair with her parents at her bat mitzvah in 2013
On my parents’ first date...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories, Parenting Successes
Don’t Call Me Bubbe–I’m Grandma.
On the eve of my first birthday as a grandmother, which happened to be the day of the eclipse, I wrote this...
How Do We Talk About Hate as a Family?
A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are people out there who...
Advice for Assimilated Family Reunions
Q: I am having a family reunion. Half of the youngest generation has married people of other backgrounds. How...
How Bedtime Stories Help Us Write a New Chapter of Jewish Tradition
My parents, who are both Jewish, were married in the 1970s. In the year they took their vows, only 36 percent...
Mom: What is Your Religion?
Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...
Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Parenting, Religion
Our Gay, Interfaith Family’s Surprising Synagogue-Shopping Experience
“A Y A M,” She writes.
“Um, Maya, I think you wrote your name backwards,” I respond.
“Nope, it’s just in Hebrew,”...
LGBTQ, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite
The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....
Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover
Purim: When You Can Throw a Sponge at the Rabbi’s Face
As a Christian dad helping to raise a Jewish family, I’ve always been fascinated by the holiday of Purim....
Is Every Value a Jewish Value?
My husband, Scott, is African-American and Christian. I am Jewish.
Our two sons are African-American...
A Thank-You Note to My Mother-In-Law
My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...
A Not-So-Cookie Cutter Hanukkah: Or, When The World Makes It Difficult To Celebrate Hanukkah
We were late. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the aisles of Target, my husband and I were...
Dessert, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Food, Hanukkah Rituals, Jewish Holidays Food, Parenting Hanukkah, Recipes
A Recipe for Conversation and Holiday Cookies
For some of us in interfaith homes, December can highlight sticky situations. There are questions of how to...
Dessert, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Food, Hanukkah Rituals, Jewish Holiday Food, Parenting Hanukkah, Recipes
Hanukkah and Christmas: Getting It “Right”
My husband jokes that I only married him so I could finally celebrate Christmas. And I admit that I do love...
8 Hanukkah Night Ideas For The Whole Family
Our bellies were barely filled with Thanksgiving sweetness — pumpkin and apple and pecan pies, of course — before...
Gratitude, Love and Life
Helen Rose “No Limits”
Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant...
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