San Francisco

Stay Notified.

Sign up for emails, including updates about local happenings.

Sign up

Stay Notified.

Sign up for emails, including updates about local happenings.

Sign up

Welcome!

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 a Rukin Rabbinic Fellow, Rabbi Elana Rosen-Brown, here in San Francisco to support you.

Rabbi Elana 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 Rabbi Elana 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. She is 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 her at rabbielana@18doors.org.

Our Events

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.

View More…

Elana Rosen Brown

Meet Rabbi Rosen-Brown – Rukin Rabbinic Fellow

Elana is an Associate Rabbi at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, Calif. where she has served since 2014. In this role, she leads adult learning and social justice initiatives and strives to co-create a community that is fully inclusive of interfaith/Jewish-ish/multifaith families. A native East Coaster, Elana grew up in Hartford, Conn. and has lived all over the world.

Elana serves on the boards of the Marin Interfaith Council, the Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative, and RAC California’s Leadership Team. Alongside her deep love for Judaism, Elana is a practicing Buddhist. She is grateful to her partner, Dan, for the joyous multifaith home they have created together with their cats Beniko and Sherwood.

Visit Clergy Profile

Stay in the know.

Subscribe to 18Doors emails

190 North Main Street
Suite 203
Natick, MA 01760
(617) 581-6860
support@18doors.org

About
Contact
Careers
Find a Rabbi
Donate
Clergy Login

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2021 18Doors.org
EIN 043-577816