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What’s in a Name: My Favorite Torah Portion

By Anna Keller

My middle name is Miriam. I am named after Mark, my mother’s brother who was killed at the young age of 39....

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

My Son’s Interfaith Engagement

By Raquel Stabinski-Leib

“I am getting married” my son Jordan said nonchalantly as he walked by the door of my home office....

Engagement, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting

Anna's daughter

How To Do a Mitzvah

By Anna Keller

Helen in front of the neighborhood bakery In the local stores in my neighborhood it seems that everyone is pushing...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Now What?

By Craig Cohen

You just spent several hours or days in the hospital giving birth to your child or, in our case, several months...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

new father with baby

How We Met…Our Baby

By Craig Cohen

We each have our own story about when we saw, held or heard our children for the first time and we all arrived...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Planning, Fatherhood, New Parents

Leading the Way Through Unfamiliar Terrain: The Bar Mitzvah Year

By Gina Hagler

291 May, 2006 Raising a child in a religion other than the one you grew up in is all about leading the...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting

Meeting the Parents of Your Jewish Daughter’s Catholic Fiance

By Deborah Feinblum Raub

Prior to Taryn’s meeting Sean, we all were sure she would marry someone Jewish. She was an interested...

Dating, Engagement, Marriage, Parenting, Weddings

Finding Shabbat When It Feels Like Shabbat is Nowhere to be Found

By Jane Larkin

In a class I teach to engaged and recently married young couples, I talk about the importance of finding time...

Blessings, Religion, Religious Life, Synagogue

baby with toy

Our Son’s Naming Ceremony

By Rena Mello

392 April, 2001 Being pregnant was an overwhelming joy. As first time parents, Eric and I took the requisite...

Baby Naming, Parenting

The Religious Identity of an Interfaith Home is a Journey, Not a Destination

By Jane Larkin

Up until recently, I thought the hardest part of navigating life as an interfaith family was determining the...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories

The Kids’ Table

By Anna Keller

Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday because it is mostly about storytelling. Every year, my family sits...

Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Loss and Gain

By Anna Keller

The doctor calls Adrian and me saying, “Congratulations! You’re pregnant!” Adrian hugs me and we lift Helen...

Babies, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy Stories

A hand following words from the Torah with a pen.

Don’t Sweat the Jewish Stuff

By Nina Amir Lacey

685 March, 2008 The days prior to my son Julian’s bar mitzvah service I worried about how my non-Jewish...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

What (I Hope) My Interfaith Marriage Taught My Parents

By Jane Larkin

I’ve been married for 14 years and with my husband who is not Jewish for 16. I’ve always wanted to believe...

Extended Family, Grandparents, Parenting Stories

Avoiding “That Look” on Purim

By Anna Keller

It’s Purim again and I’m afraid to leave the house. During Purim, my neighborhood is like being inside a disco...

Parenting Purim, Purim

Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan Are Expecting Their Second Child

By Joanna Valente

We are so excited for Mark and Priscilla’s recent baby news! After Max’s birth, this generous...

Pop Culture

Starting Religious School and Keeping Promises

By Emily Mace

In my previous blog post, I wrote about why choosing love did not mean choosing conversion for me; but for...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

How to Talk to Your Kids about Interfaith Dating: For Those Married to Jews or in Interfaith Marriages

By Edmund Case

There’s a book written by a leading Conservative Rabbi, Alan Silverstein, titled It All Begins With A...

Books, Dating, Parenting

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

Teaching Jewish Values to Your Children

By Rabbi Lev Baesh

According to the Talmud (the fourth-century rabbinic legal code), parents are required to teach their children...

Parenting, Religious Education

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

couple holding hands

Why Choosing Love Didn’t Mean Conversion for Me

By Emily Mace

Although I am the half that’s not Jewish in an interfaith marriage, my husband never put conversion on...

Conversion, Relationship Challenges, Relationships

roses by fence

Celebrating a Holiday That’s Not My Own

By Anna Keller

It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m sitting in my car at 8 a.m. listening to a Jack Kornfield meditation talk called...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Should We Pray for Bad People?

By Jane Larkin

Shortly before the inauguration in mid-January, I was contacted by a Chicago Tribune reporter about a story...

Spirituality

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