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Are you looking for Jewish clergy for your upcoming wedding or baby naming? Seeking help on your journey to conversion? If you’re looking for guidance with a lifecycle event or to find inclusive Jewish events and meet other interfaith couples at your life stage, we’re here to help you. We are thrilled to have two Rukin Rabbinic Fellows, Rabbi Emily Hyatt and Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary, here in Denver to support you.

Rabbis Emily and Kolby and our other Rukin Fellows throughout the U.S. and Canada offer programming for interfaith/intercultural couples and families to discuss relevant issues. We hope you’ll join them for programs and workshops, which include opportunities to reflect on your backgrounds, differences and similarities and discuss your hopes, plans and dreams for the future. They are also available for one-on-one consultations and to refer you to local Jewish clergy and organizations that welcome interfaith/intercultural couples and families. Contact Rabbi Emily at rabbiemily@18doors.org and Rabbi Kolby at rabbikolby@18doors.org .

Our Events


Mon 05

Couples & Conversation (National) – Online

June 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm CDT
Being part of an interfaith/Jew-ish/multi-faith/however-you-define-yourself couple can be challenging, but you don’t need to find the answers alone. This online workshop offers a safe environment to work on creating your religious/cultural lives together. It is intended for seriously dating, engaged, and newly married couples in their 20s and 30s.
Wed 07

Understanding the Reality of Interfaith Couples Online (National) – Online

June 7 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Join 18Doors' Chief Digital Strategy Officer Kat Manos for a presentation on data and insights we might glean from examining how interfaith couples and families exist online in digital spaces. This event is for Jewish professionals and clergy, and will feature a presentation followed by a Q&A.
Sun 11

Pathways to Parenthood (in collaboration with the Jewish Fertility Foundation) (National) – Online

June 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
If you're in a Jewish-interfaith relationship and experiencing a fertility journey with your partner, you're not alone. Join 18Doors and the Jewish Fertility Foundation for a panel and discussion on the many different ways to grow your family, including IVF, IUI, adoption, and more.
Wed 14

To Bris or Not to Bris (National) – Online

June 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Join 18Doors, Rabbi Simone Schicker, and a mohel (the person who performs the circumcision) to learn about different welcoming ceremonies and rituals open to expectant parents, as well about the differences between a Jewish ritual bris and a circumcision performed in a hospital. Together, we'll explore some of the reasons that couples may choose to forego ritual circumcision and discuss the different ways to honor other cultural backgrounds as you prepare to grow your family!
Aug 07

Couples & Conversation (National) – Online

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Being part of an interfaith/Jew-ish/multi-faith/however-you-define-yourself couple can be challenging, but you don’t need to find the answers alone. This online workshop offers a safe environment to work on creating your religious/cultural lives together. It is intended for seriously dating, engaged, and newly married couples in their 20s and 30s.

Meet Rabbi Emily Hyatt – Rukin Rabbinic Fellow

Rabbi Emily Hyatt is a congregational rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Denver, Colorado where she is proud to serve, teach and help grow the Jewish community in her own hometown. Rabbi Hyatt was ordained at HUC-JIR (Los Angeles), the Reform Movement’s Seminary, and holds an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Hebrew College in Boston and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. Rabbi Hyatt loves helping individuals and families find meaning in community, tradition, learning and identity. She is excited to create even more opportunities for diverse families of all kinds to make a home in the Jewish community.

Kolby Morris Dahary

Meet Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary – Rukin Rabbinic Fellow

Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary (she/her) is Senior Rabbi of Har Mishpacha Jewish community in Steamboat Springs, CO. Rabbi Kolby received ordination from ALEPH Ordination Program in January 2022. She was raised in an interfaith family and this part of her story inspired a passion for interfaith inclusion. Her rabbinical thesis, “An Interfaith Tent,” is about a halachic paradigm shift surrounding interfaith wedding rituals. She is an experienced prayer leader, musician and creator of devotional music. She is thrilled to be a part of the Rukin Fellowship and dedicating her future learning to all of the incredible interfaith families that she has learned from in her life’s work.