Advice for Jewish Parents when Your Child Gets Engaged to Someone Who isn’t Jewish

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

As a rabbi, it’s not unusual for me to get a call from a Jewish parent whose child is engaged to someone who...

Extended Family, Family, Parenting, Parenting Adult Children

How to Be Inclusive

By Wendy Armon

A few weeks ago, my son was reading Torah at a Saturday evening service. It is a very small service of 15-20...

Family, Marriage, Religion, Spirituality

How We’re Alienating Our Youth

By Lindsey Silken

As the new managing editor at InterfaithFamily, I want our blog to be a place where our readers can find out...

Co-officiation, Extended Family, Newlywed, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Grandparenting in Interfaith Families

By Rebecca Goodman

Are you a Jewish grandparent navigating your relationship with your child, their partner, and your grandchild?...

Grandparent Advice, Grandparents

White Poinsettias and Blue Foil

By Benjamin Maron

This is a guest post by Ruth Nemzoff who, in addition to being on InterfaithFamily’s Advisory Board, is...

Extended Family, Hanukkah

Hanukkah Parent School Visits

By Joanna Brichetto

Originally published on Bible Belt Balabusta, republished with permission. Hanukkah parent visit. Goofy hats...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah Rituals, Religious Education

Interfaith Rollercoaster

By Wendy Armon

I recently attended the symposium called “Interfaith Rollercoaster: Navigating the Challenges, Enjoying...

Family, In-laws, Marriage, Relationships

Reading About Food and History: 97 Orchard

By Benjamin Maron

1251 May 25, 2012 I just finished reading 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One...

Books, Food

Memorial Day, 2010

By Edmund Case

Today is Memorial Day and I want to honor my father-in-law, Don Bosworth. Don is a World War II veteran and...

Family, Identity

Flexibility Is Key

By Nancy Laufer

361 My parents were relieved when I finally married a nice Jewish man. My adult life had been jump-started...

Identity, Parenting Challenges, Relationships

I’ll Conversion Talk If I Want To

By 18Doors

1300 Originally published by Galit Breen in her Minnesota Mamaleh column on TC Jewfolk “It’s...

Identity, Parenting Stories, Religion

Lasagna and Hamantashen

By 18Doors

1061 Reprinted with the permission of Reform Judaism magazine, published by the Union for Reform Judaism....

Family

Interfaith Divorce, a Life Passage That Is Possible To Do Well

By Rabbi Julie Greenberg

284 For some interfaith families, divorce will be a trying passage through which they must pass. At this...

Co-Parenting, Divorce, Family, Parenting, Parenting Challenges

Finding My Father

By Paula Rosenberg

1208 As Father’s Day approaches, I think of my beloved dad. Saying Kaddish on the anniversary of...

Family, Growing Up Interfaith

A Grandparent’s Legacy

By Jeanette Bergelson

What is our role in the interfaith family unit? We are not just the grandparents; we are the Jewish grandparents....

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, Identity

Priestly Benediction

By 18Doors

The priestly benediction is found in the Torah (Numbers 6:24-26) and consists of three blessings, which is why...

Blessings, High Holy Days

Date the New Year with the Symbolic Foods of a Seder

By Rahel Musleah

Many interfaith families find that by making the holidays their own–adapting them in ways that fit their...

High Holy Days

How My Atheist Husband Helps Celebrate the Jewish Holidays

By 18Doors

341 Originally published September, 2001. Republished October 16, 2012. Bill and I are approaching our...

Family, Jewish Holidays, Parenting

Keep the Faith; Share the Food

By Ilene Springer

Dawn Kepler from Oakland, California, has run informational and support groups for interfaith couples for years....

Food, High Holy Days

When Breaking the Fast, Bagels and Lox Still Rule: Plus Recipes for Yom Kippur

By Linda Morel

NEW YORK, July 28 (JTA) — I grew up in a family that never seemed to do anything right. Our...

Beverage, Extended Family, High Holy Days Recipes, Recipes

Choosing a Seder That Fits

By Barbara Pash

Reprinted by permission from the Baltimore Jewish Times. The Mothers Circle is coming up on its first Passover....

Parenting Passover, Passover, Seder

Pizza, Noodles and Latkes

By Hedi Molnar

What am I? Small eyes… dark hair…. I look like my father. When I went to China to adopt each of...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multicultural Food, Multiracial, Race

The Adult Children of the Intermarried: The “Forgotten”?

By Micah Sachs

JTA just released a package of stories on the adult children of the intermarried, by Sue Fishkoff. It’s...

Growing Up Interfaith

Broken Line

By Paulette Mann

We are blessed with a loving relationship with our two sons. When our younger son met the gal he planned to...

Grandparenting Stories, Grandparents, Relationships

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