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Make the Most of this Valentine’s Day

By Jessie Boatright

I have not posted here in a little while. In part, because the business of life has caught up with me, and,...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Please Stop Asking if My Daughter’s Boyfriend Is Jewish

By Judy Mollen Walters

My 22-year-old daughter is seriously involved with a wonderful guy. He’s smart, funny, kind, and they just...

Dating, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships

A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children

By Judy Petsonk

There has not been much guidance available for the Christian who has decided to help raise children as Jews....

Books, Parenting

When Will Those Who Love Speak Louder Than Those Who Hate?

By Jane Larkin

This morning, the meeting I was in at the synagogue I work at in Dallas was interrupted by one of the rabbis...

Anti Semitism

Mother holding infant's hand

Using My Words

By Amy Beth Starr

I type this while holding a squirmy, feverish 3-month-old in my lap. Shh, shh, shh, I tell him. It’s OK,...

Babies, Parenting Stories

What You Can Do Now for Your Future Baby

By Lindsey Silken

Photo by Cory Silken Four months ago, I gave birth to a baby girl. After a long labor and unexpected C-section,...

Babies, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy Stories

My Daughter Is Super Proud of Her Jewish Identity & It’s Amazing to Watch

By Lindsey Goldstein

The other day my daughter said to me, “Mommy, you’re not the most special person in this family.” It was a pointed...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids

The Miracle of Light

By Anna Keller

This interfaith holiday season has been trickier than I thought. If there is a lot of planning, cooking and...

Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories

To Tree or Not To Tree

By Anna Keller

The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...

Extended Family, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday Toolbox, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories

Everywhere You Go There’s Always Someone or Something Jewish

By Jane Larkin

Digging into some fish and chips, a meal with Jewish roots. A week before Thanksgiving, I stood in the doorway...

Clergy

Celebrating Holidays in a Post-Election December

By Emily Mace

I don’t know how to celebrate the holidays this year, with an election outcome that’s rocked the nation and...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories

Gratitude, Love and Life

By Anna Keller

Helen Rose “No Limits” Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant...

Extended Family, Family, Parenting Stories

family dancing

8 Hanukkah Night Ideas For The Whole Family

By Galit Breen

Our bellies were barely filled with Thanksgiving sweetness — pumpkin and apple and pecan pies, of course — before...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah Rituals, Parenting Hanukkah

The Gift Of An Inclusive and Welcoming Community

By Jane Larkin

I met my friend Tracie at an interfaith moms event at my synagogue. She was friendly, and we bonded over her...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories

Hope For the Future

By Anne Goodman

By Sam Goodman We are sitting in the aftermath of a riveting, polarizing election. It has been all too easy...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

How To Teach Love in an Unhappy World

By Anna Keller

Recently I had an article published on a Jewish site about a dream I had. It was a political piece, and during...

Love, Professional Development Toolbox, Religious Education

A Mother’s Jewish Guilt

By Anna Keller

Helen Rose in her Hand Made Birthday Dress from her Abuelita in Mexico I burned myself last week. Right after...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories

Things Toddlers Say At Services

By Emily Mace

With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Synagogue, Young Kids

Bar Mitzvah boy reading from the Torah

My Husband: The Jewish Parent (Who Isn’t Jewish)

By Jane Larkin

The email had arrived a week before I was to travel to Houston to speak to a congregation about interfaith marriage...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Engaging Children in Ritual Life

By Anne Goodman

Non-Orthodox institutional Judaism seems to suffer from a lack of young families – and, more importantly, young...

Pop Culture

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How to Pray with Two Faiths

By Anna Keller

Our family has had a hard few weeks. Every day we open the news to a different headline about hatred and anger....

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Spirituality

Why Send Your Kid To Jewish Summer Camp? Because It Gets Him To Hebrew School

By Jane Larkin

My son (right) with his best camp friend in the dining hall this summer at URJ Greene Family Camp. I recently...

Camp, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Parenthood: Your Next Great Journey

By Jessie Boatright

Emily demonstrating the fabulousness of the ring sling when her daughter was tiny Two years ago, when we were...

Babies, Baby Toolbox, Motherhood, Parenting Stories

Two Faiths and Powerful Women

By Anna Keller

My daughter, Helen Rose Castaneda, wakes up one day at 10-and-a-half months old, pulls herself up in her crib...

Babies, Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

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