Editor’s Note: 18Doors does not take an editorial position on officiation at interfaith weddings. We welcome interfaith families to the Jewish community and support their journeys. This article is one example of what is happening in interfaith weddings today.
The
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I don’t have any weddings in sight – my children are married and I’ve been married for 43 years myself. Nevertheless, I loved reading Anita Diamant’s The Jewish Wedding
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There’s been an explosion of news and comment about intermarriage in the past 10 days. On June 11 I blogged about Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s big reveal that he would
Everyone enjoys a good love story. Even though I infamously dislike narratives with neat, tidy endings, I’m also a huge romantic at heart. This is why I’m so excited that Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne, wrote a book called Kirk and Anne: Letters
I’d been dating the man who’d eventually become my husband for about a year when my grandmother sat me down for a heart-to-heart.
“I saw Aishwarya Rai on Oprah last week. You know, the Dollywood [she meant Bollywood] actress? Stunning
“I don’t think being with someone who isn’t Jewish compromises my Judaism.” I said to my fiancé on our first date. “As long as my partner is open, tolerant and willing to learn about my traditions, I can’t say it would be
Raising a child in a religion other than the one you grew up in is all about leading the way through unfamiliar terrain–preparing your child to take his place in a context that’s not your own. I’ve
Prior to Taryn’s meeting Sean, we all were sure she would marry someone Jewish. She was an interested and active participant in temple life and traveled to Israel twice. She thoroughly enjoyed Mitzvah Corps, a six-week service project sponsored by
Hit the Beach with Dwayne & Zac
It’s back to the beach on May 25, with the movie reboot of the ‘90s TV series Baywatch. It stars Dwayne Johnson, taking over the David Hasselhoff role, and Zac Efronas new character
I am pretty sure that I was the only Muslim at Passover camp this year. A retreat in the beautiful mountains of northern Georgia, Camp Ramah Darom offers Jewish families the chance to get away for the week of Passover.
1. Wash your hands. Ask a grown up to turn the oven on to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Find a big bowl, a cutting board a whisk or a fork, scissors, a 2 cup glass measuring cup with a spout, and a
On Mother’s Day we celebrate mom and/or any other women in your life who have helped to nourish and care for you. Whether it’s the Italian mom who loves Sunday Supper but your red sauce is ordered in or the
I profiled actor Shia LaBeouf in my last column. Here’s a little update–because things have really been breaking his way:
Shia’s new film, Disturbia, which is still in theaters, is a certified box office hit and most reviews were good.
Grandparents are the hidden link to raising Jewish children in an interfaith marriage. Even when interfaith marriage creates tension between the generations, grandparents can still become warm and inviting ambassadors to Judaism for their grandchildren.
Grandparents are important in every
Reproduced with permission, based on an original from Mayyim Hayyim.
Once you walk down the seven steps into the warm water of the mikveh, it is customary to immerse fully — covering every strand of hair with water
Recently I read two thought-provoking articles in the Jewish press: Rabbi Elliot Cosgove’s article in the New York Jewish Week, “Mikveh Can Solve Conversion Problem” and Rabbi Shaul Magid’s article in The Forward “Why Conversion Lite Won’t Fix The Intermarriage
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Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, a leading Conservative rabbi whose essay in March explained why he thought Conservative rabbis should continue to not officiate at weddings of interfaith couples, has a
Up until recently, I thought the hardest part of navigating life as an interfaith family was determining the religious identity of the home. After all, that’s where 99.9 percent of the angst within the Jewish community lies and therefore, almost
Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday because it is mostly about storytelling. Every year, my family sits around the Passover table and tells the story of how the Jews escaped slavery in Egypt by blindly following Moses across the Red
The Veep is Back
Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won five consecutive Emmy Awards for playing foul-mouthed politician Selina Meyer in the HBO series Veep, and may make it six if the Washington-skewering show
The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you. We are thinking ahead about Easter and we would like to have everyone over for brunch and an
In July of 1999, at the end of my very first week at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, I noticed a strange phenomenon occurring on Friday at about 5 p.m., as my colleagues
The days prior to my son Julian’s bar mitzvah service I worried about how my non-Jewish mother-in-law was digesting all this Jewish “stuff” that preceded the actual Shabbat service. I kept wondering if she was uncomfortable or
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