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
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
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
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
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
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
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