Fun and Meaningful High Holy Days Kids Activities

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Fun and Meaningful Activities To whatever degree your family is planning...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

How to Be a Kosher Vegan in an Interfaith Family

By Anna Keller

Almost two months ago I became a vegan. It’s a long story. I saw some crazy movies about meat and dairy, I...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories

How to Celebrate Shabbat…When You Miss Friday Night

By 18Doors

Whoops! Missed lighting those Friday night candles? When the beginning of Shabbat comes and goes and you’re...

Parenting Shabbat, Shabbat

Is it Time to Leave Our Orthodox Neighborhood?

By Anna Keller

My neighborhood of Midwood, Brooklyn, is changing and so is my family. It’s not just that new stores have popped...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

When Faith Reaches the Border

By Anna Keller

There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...

Anti Semitism, Holocaust, Motherhood, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Shabbat (with Kids) Cheat Sheet

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

If you’re new to Judaism or looking to learn how to share more Jewish practices with your family, Shabbat is...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Shabbat

Why Do I Worry My Daughter Won’t Fit In?

By Anna Keller

I was never a princess. In my favorite childhood photo I have short brown hair and a leather jacket covered...

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

The Newlywed Question You’re Not Ready For

By Laura Drescher

“So, are you thinking about kids?” The inevitable question after the wedding. I’ve gotten this question a few...

Baby Planning, Marriage, Newlywed, Pregnancy

We Aren’t as Different as My Neighbors Think

By Anna Keller

I grew up in an Orthodox community in Midwood, Brooklyn. My mother still lives there and I live three blocks...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

I Was the Loca Lady at My Baby’s Naming

By Anna Keller

Photo By Lizzy Sullivan I never thought that I would be the crazy lady in synagogue. You know the one: She sits...

Israel, Parenting, Parenting Stories

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

Helen Fell on Her Head and I Prayed to Jesus, Sort of

By Anna Keller

Helen fell on her head. In case I didn’t think I deserved the “worst mother award” before, I pretty much bolted...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Top 5 Things to Know About Jewish Day Camp

By Lindsey Silken

By Lindsey Silken & Jenni Zeftel You’re starting to think about summertime and what on earth you’re going...

Camp, Parenting Tips and Advice, Religious Education

My Jewish-American, Mexican-Catholic Daughter Speaks with a British Accent…and It’s All My Fault

By Anna Keller

There have been a few changes in our home life since Adrian and I welcomed our newest edition, Alma, to the...

Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

What’s in a Name

By Anna Keller

A little over two years ago on October 10, 2015 I gave birth to my first child, a girl. Named after my two...

How Two Faiths Collide

By Anna Keller

Once, I was afraid I wouldn’t ever have a boyfriend. I was almost 12, kicked out of Yeshiva, transferred to...

Dating, 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

Brit Bat: Birth Ceremonies for Girls

By 18Doors

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

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Booklets

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families

By 18Doors

We’ve compiled the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families as a way to help interfaith...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

1 Family, 4 New Year Celebrations, 0 Resolutions

By Jessica Melwani

Today, my family is ringing in the New Year for the fourth time in 2017. In January, we reveled with champagne...

Jewish Hindu Relationships, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

We’re Interfaith: Now What Do I Tell My Sons about Dating?

By Aliza Walker

When I married my spouse who isn’t Jewish, I wanted nothing more to do with being Jewish. That was 21...

Dating, Parenting, Parenting Challenges

Why am I Jewish and Daddy Isn’t?

By Rachel Ross

My son, who is now two, doesn’t notice when his dad stumbles over the Hebrew words in the PJ...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges

We Made Our Bris Inclusive. Here’s How.

By Sarah Rizzo

At just nine weeks pregnant, my doctor ran a blood test and we waited on the results, full of anticipation....

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Bris

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