Parents of Interfaith Couples: Your Actions Are Disingenuous
In this space, we typically address parents who are part of an interfaith couple creating a Jewish home. But...
Mazel Tov, Michael Douglas – and Our Cause
Today was a very big day for everyone who wants to see interfaith families engage in Jewish life and community.
As...
What the Term “Interfaith Family” Means
Today on eJewishPhilanthropy, Allison McMillan wrote an important piece, “Intermarried, Not Interfaith.”...
Three Voices from the Conservative Movement
In March Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, a Conservative rabbi at Ansche Chesed in Manhattan, explaining “Why...
You’re One of Us
Steven M. Cohen and Rabbi Joy Levitt have written an extremely important op-ed for JTA: “If You Marry...
Three Terms I Hope Not to Hear in the New Year
As the new year approaches, I’ve been thinking back over the past year—particularly about certain terms I’ve...
Advocacy, Clergy, Identity, Professional Development, Religion
The Ever-Renewing People
[The below article was posted in November 2014]
Chip Edelsberg, executive director of the Jim Joseph Foundation,...
An Inclusive Holiday Wish
My Facebook feed tends to get filled with rabbis and other Jewish professionals’ lives. This is the circle I...
Sukkot Reminds Us to Treat All Visitors as Honored Guests
This blog post was reprinted with permission from j., the Jewish news weekly of Northern California.
I...
Users Say InterfaithFamily Positively Influences Their Jewish Engagement
(Newton, MA) – February 20, 2014 – InterfaithFamily helps intermarried users with children at home engage in...
Kudos and For Shame
As we mentioned last week, the “let’s promote in-marriage” debate has reignited, and we weighed in with Promote...
It Happens In the Best of Families
There’s an uproar in Israel because a son of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is dating a Norwegian woman who...
Thank You and Good Luck to Jennifer Gorovitz
Jennifer Gorovitz
We were sorry to learn that Jennifer Gorovitz will be stepping down as CEO of the San Francisco-based...
Are You a Lazy Dad?
Perhaps you have heard this old joke about an elementary school boy who comes home very excited to share some...
Opening the Gates
Leading up to and during my vacation there have been three big intermarriage stories in the media. They all...
More on Ordaining Intermarried Rabbis
Kudos to Paul Golin, associate executive director of the Jewish Outreach Institute, for a powerful contribution...
Accessing Judaism
I recently attended the confirmation ceremony at a local congregation in the Bay Area. During the ceremony the...
Leaders By Choice
There is a fascinating new issue of Sh’ma just out on the topic “leaders by choice.” InterfaithFamily’s...
Intermarried Rabbis and Intermarriage Attitudes
We’re back from Passover and there was a flurry of commentary about intermarriage in the Jewish media....
What Draws Interfaith Families To Jewish Life
I’m pleased to report that the New York Jewish Week has published my op-ed, What Draws Interfaith Families...
Mazel tov, Mark and Priscilla
As our friend [url=http://blog.rabbijason.com/2012/05/mark-zuckerbergs-jewish-wedding.html]Jason Miller reported[/url]...
Christmas Sharing?
Can we tolerate one more post about the December Dilemma? I promise to be short. I just want to...
Serious But Not Fully Observant Jews
I would like to recommend an excellent article by Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, [url=http://www.jidaily.com/ki6l/r]On...
Who Isn’t a Jew?
In the aftermath of the terrible attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, there has been a lot of discussion...
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