Who Has Godparents?
1139
July 8, 2008–“Godparents,” my wife said, as if I had not heard. “Godparents?”...
Readings for Discussing the Covenant
Return to the Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families.
Dedication to the Covenant
We dedicate our...
Bat Mitzvah… Then What?
It was like climbing a mountain in high heels, those weeks leading up to the bat mitzvah service. After a year...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories
Boy Wonder
When I had my bar mitzvah 18 years ago, it was truly all about the party. Back then, at least at my synagogue...
Why Jewish Summer Camp?
Overnight summer camp is awesome. I don’t know if I’ve ever met a former camper who disagrees.
But...
The Adult Children of the Intermarried: The “Forgotten”?
JTA just released a package of stories on the adult children of the intermarried, by Sue Fishkoff. It’s...
Walking Seven Circles
186
July 25, 2006
My wife and I completed our wedding ceremony by walking seven circles together. Not the...
Coming to Terms with My Son’s Choices
At age twenty-three, with a degree in Public Policy, much study of Third World Economics, and a keen interest...
A Jew-by-Choice’s Perspective on Her Teenage Daughter’s Interdating
What if my daughter started dating somebody who wasn’t Jewish? How should I react? The standard expected...
Broken Line
We are blessed with a loving relationship with our two sons. When our younger son met the gal he planned to...
Interfaith Infertility Issues
445
May 2004
Several years ago, I led a support group for women experiencing infertility. As often happened...
Confronting Anti-Semitism: If I Don’t Respond, Who Will?
Growing up as a girl in downstate New York, I never really thought about anti-Semitism, what it was and how...
Interfaith Families and Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Questions and Opportunities
Sam and Mary had an appointment with the rabbi. Their daughter, Rachel, was scheduled to become a Bat Mitzvah...
Of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Parents who are not Jewish
474
April 2000
Can you raise a Jewish child in a home with only one Jewish parent? Could this child become...
You’re Raising Them What? Telling Your Parents You are Raising Jewish Kids
You never think of these things before you’re married. I mean, c’mon, why wouldn’t you raise...
Two Sons (One Circumcised and One Not), a Scottish Presbyterian Husband and Me (the Jewish Mother)
I hoped that I wouldn’t have a boy. A girl would be so much easier—no bris.
“But why circumcision?”...
Bris, Circumcision, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy
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