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How a Catholic School Girl Ended Up With Five Bar Mitzvah Boys

By Melanie Grossman

If anyone would have told me when I was 17 that someday I would be in an interfaith marriage and have five...

Grandparents, Parenting, Relationships

The Insanity of Packing My Daughter’s Perfect Jewish Mexican Lunch

By Anna Keller

I learned the word for bread in English first. The soft syllable already begging for butter,...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

What Does Jewish Identity Look Like in Your Home?

By 18Doors

We recently asked parents and grandparents to weigh in about what’s important to you about raising your kids/grandkids...

Grandparents, Identity, Parenting

Planning a Virtual Baby Naming: An Expanded Guest List and Too Much Zabar’s

By Sarah Rizzo

It’s funny looking back on my third pregnancy and thinking about the confidence my husband and I had...

Babies, Baby Naming, Extended Family, Family

mother and daughter

Everyone Moved In and We Saved Each Other

By Joan Jeffri Keller

“What do I do for him?” my daughter Anna asked when her husband, Adrian, lost his mother to...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

Resources for Parents Whose Children Are in Interfaith Relationships

By 18Doors

When some parents first find out their child is dating or marrying someone who is not Jewish, they may not...

Parenting Adult Children, Parenting Tips & Advice

It’s Not My Face that Makes Me Jewish

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Rabbi Jillian, age 6 I recently read an incredible article posted in Alma, written by a former congregant of...

Growing Up Interfaith, Identity

Mom and Dad: We’re in Love and We’re Not Teenagers

By Elizabeth Vocke

Elizabeth’s parents on her wedding day There’s a memory that stands out. I’m standing in the kitchen of...

Family, Love, Marriage, Relationships

The First Hero

By Emma Mair

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.

By Sherrie Bergus

On the eve of my first birthday as a grandmother, which happened to be the day of the eclipse, I wrote this...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents

How Do We Talk About Hate as a Family?

By Elizabeth Vocke

A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are people out there who...

Family, Parenting, Spirituality

Advice for Assimilated Family Reunions

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Q: I am having a family reunion. Half of the youngest generation has married people of other backgrounds. How...

Parenting

Family with two kids standing outdoors.

How Bedtime Stories Help Us Write a New Chapter of Jewish Tradition

By Shawna Gale

My parents, who are both Jewish, were married in the 1970s. In the year they took their vows, only 36 percent...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

mother and daughter

Mom: What is Your Religion?

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

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

synagogue darkest

Our Gay, Interfaith Family’s Surprising Synagogue-Shopping Experience

By Liat Katz

“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

Easter dinner

Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite

By Sarah Rizzo

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

By Jim Keen

As a Christian dad helping to raise a Jewish family, I’ve always been fascinated by the holiday of Purim....

Purim

Is Every Value a Jewish Value?

By Alina Adams

My husband, Scott, is African-American and Christian. I am Jewish. Our two sons are African-American...

Parenting

A Thank-You Note to My Mother-In-Law

By Jane Larkin

My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...

Grandparents, In-laws, Motherhood, Parenting Christmas

Hanukkah and Christmas: Getting It “Right”

By Elizabeth Vocke

My husband jokes that I only married him so I could finally celebrate Christmas. And I admit that I do love...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah

A Not-So-Cookie Cutter Hanukkah: Or, When The World Makes It Difficult To Celebrate Hanukkah

By Jessica Tobacman

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

holiday snowflake cookies

A Recipe for Conversation and Holiday Cookies

By Jordyn Rozensky

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

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8 Hanukkah Night Ideas For The Whole Family

By Galit Breen

Our bellies were barely filled with Thanksgiving sweetness — pumpkin and apple and pecan pies, of course — before...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah Rituals, Parenting Hanukkah

Gratitude, Love and Life

By Anna Keller

Helen Rose “No Limits” Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant...

Extended Family, Family, Parenting Stories

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