May 2020
Being an Interfaith Couple in a Time of Stress – Online (Seattle)
Living in the days of the coronavirus, life is stressful for every couple. This Meetup is a chance for interfaith couples to come together with other interfaith couples in their community to discuss how they are reacting to and handling what is going on in the world right now.
Find out more »Shavuot Shabbat with author Sarah Hurwitz
Join us for a delightful dinner and discussion of Sarah Hurwitz’s new book, "Here All Along", with the author herself! Sarah, a renowned political speechwriter for the Obamas, rediscovers Judaism, finding timely insights and profound spiritual connection in its ancient practices and ethical traditions.
Find out more »June 2020
Couples and Conversation – Online (Florida)
Being part of an interfaith 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.
Find out more »Couples and Conversation – Online (Boston)
Being part of an interfaith 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.
Find out more »Couples and Conversation – Online (Philadelphia)
Being part of an interfaith 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. Join us in this safe space to process together, meet new friends and learn from one another.
Find out more »July 2020
Shabbat Dinner and Game Night – Boston
Join us for a quick Shabbat dinner and then relax and unwind with game night!
Find out more »Spirits and Culture: Mixology Class for Interfaith Couples – Boston
Join us for an interactive cocktail making class with other couples in the greater Boston area!
Find out more »August 2020
Officiating Weddings During a Pandemic: A Discussion Forum for Jewish Clergy – Online
As Jewish clergy in this time of a pandemic, how do we best serve the couples we are working with and still remain true to ourselves? This discussion forum will provide a safe space for clergy to ask questions they have and to share with others what they are thinking and doing.
Find out more »September 2020
How a Multi-Generational Interfaith Family Celebrates the Jewish High Holidays – Online
With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur around the corner, hear how one grandparent has navigated the holidays over the course of a 50+ year interfaith marriage and how she celebrates now with adult children in interfaith marriages of their own.
Find out more »Planning Your Wedding During COVID: A Discussion Forum for Engaged Interfaith Couples – Online
If you’re currently engaged, whether or not you have a wedding date at this point, we hope you’ll join us for this special Discussion Forum where couples will have the opportunity to share their experiences and the decisions they’re making, and where you’ll hear from 18Doors’ Rabbi Robyn and Rabbi Malka about their experiences and advice from working with numerous interfaith wedding couples.
Find out more »Unlocking Tradition: Virtual Challah Bake – Online
Looking for a fun date night with your partner? Baking is a great way to spend quality time together and have something delicious to show for it, and baking challah allows couples to share in a sacred Jewish tradition that has been observed for centuries. So let’s bake some challah together!
Find out more »Rosh Hashanah Cookalong – Online – Boston
Join us for a lesson in cooking a delicious Sephardic-inspired dish to prepare for Rosh Hashanah!
Find out more »Forgiveness and Introspection: Connecting with the High Holy Days – Online
Join 18Doors Rukin Rabbinic Fellow Rabbi Karen Kriger Bogard and Pastor June Joplin as we dive into the many themes of the High Holy Days and learn about them from two faith perspectives: Judaism and Christianity. This class will hopefully help people connect to the Jewish season of forgiveness and introspection, and move people along their own journeys of soul searching.
Find out more »How to do the High Holidays at Home – Online
This year, celebrating the High Holidays with young kids will feel very different. While you may be planning on attending a virtual service or not, there are many ways to bring the holidays into your own home and on your own schedule! Join Rabbi Jessica to explore the deeper meaning of these days and find fun activities that will keep you and your little ones entertained.
Find out more »Mixology for Interfaith Couples: Cheers to a Sweet New Year! – Online
Join us for a mixology lesson as we craft some Rosh Hashanah themed cocktails.
Find out more »Rosh Hashanah Seder A New Way to Start the New Year – Online
Join Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe, director of 18doors Atlanta, for a nourishing, grounding, creative and playful Rosh Hashanah Seder, a lesser known Rosh Hashanah tradition consisting of delicious foods, puns, word games and meaningful reflections on the year that has passed, and expectations for the year to come.
Find out more »October 2020
Love and Marriage – Online
Couples workshop with seven interactive online sessions to help engaged and newlywed interfaith
couples build a foundation for a happy life together & create a vision for their future.
December 2020
Webinar: Supporting Interfaith Families during the December Holidays
Explore strategies to support interfaith families through the December holiday season, this year and in the future.
Find out more »Webinar: Supporting Interfaith Families during the December Holidays
Explore strategies to support interfaith families through the December holiday season, this year and in the future.
Find out more »January 2021
Couples and Conversation – Online
Being part of an interfaith couple can be challenging, but you don’t need to find the answers alone. This online four session workshop offers a safe environment to work on creating your religious/cultural lives together. Intended for seriously dating, engaged and newly married couples.
Find out more »Family Seder for Tu Bishvat (Jewish Earth Day) – Online
Jewish interfaith families are invited to join 18Doors and Jewish& for a musical, fun, engaging family seder for the environmental Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat! We will eat fruits associated with the holiday, connect with the Jewish time of year and sing together to celebrate the birthday of the trees. No prior knowledge necessary.
Find out more »March 2021
Seder Cocktails: A Treat You Can’t Passover – Online
Join Molly Kazin Marshall from 18Doors and Sarah from ParTea for a virtual evening of Passover cocktail making for interfaith couples in their 20s and 30s. We'll be creating two cocktails inspired by the flavors of the seder plate (ritual Passover items).
Find out more »April 2021
Couples & Conversation – Online
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 Jewish/interfaith couples.
Find out more »Pulling Back and Reaching Out: Jewish Values as Parenting Techniques – Online
How can I teach my children to care for others? Rabbi Greg Weisman shares how Jewish values like tzim tzum (pulling back) and tikkun olam (repairing the world) can help parents raise kids who are engaged and concerned with those around them.
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