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Baby Naming

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How To Pick Dates For Events That Don’t Conflict with Jewish Holidays

By 18Doors

Choosing a Date: Where to Start If you’re wondering how to pick a wedding date for your Jewish interfaith...

Baby Naming, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Planning a Virtual Baby Naming: An Expanded Guest List and Too Much Zabar’s

By Sarah Rizzo

It’s funny looking back on my third pregnancy and thinking about the confidence my husband and I had...

Babies, Baby Naming, Extended Family, Family

My Jewish-American, Mexican-Catholic Daughter Speaks with a British Accent…and It’s All My Fault

By Anna Keller

There have been a few changes in our home life since Adrian and I welcomed our newest edition, Alma, to the...

Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

Brit Bat: Birth Ceremonies for Girls

By 18Doors

Available in on-screen reading friendly (PDF) and printer-friendly, downloadable (PDF) versions. For more booklets,...

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Booklets

We Made Our Bris Inclusive. Here’s How.

By Sarah Rizzo

At just nine weeks pregnant, my doctor ran a blood test and we waited on the results, full of anticipation....

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Bris

Naming Our Past, Present & Future

By Craig Cohen

Quinn receiving her Hebrew name Giving your child a Hebrew name is a long-standing tradition in Judaism. Sometimes...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Extended Family, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Now What?

By Craig Cohen

You just spent several hours or days in the hospital giving birth to your child or, in our case, several months...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

baby with toy

Our Son’s Naming Ceremony

By Rena Mello

392 April, 2001 Being pregnant was an overwhelming joy. As first time parents, Eric and I took the requisite...

Baby Naming, Parenting

To Name or Not to Name: That is the Question

By Denise Moser

During a recent baby naming ceremony that Moser officiated, the uncle (left) and father (right) help wrap the...

Babies, Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony

Mother holding infant's hand

My Son’s Bris: Why I Was Not Prepared for This

By Anne Goodman

Jack’s Bris: Sam, Anne & baby Jack Before Jack was born, I thought I prepared as much as...

Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Birth Stories, Bris, Circumcision, Extended Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories

I Was the Only Jewish Kid on the Block & Worry My Kid Will Be, Too

By Melissa Henriquez

Growing up in a small, rural town in northern New Jersey in the ’80s, I never had perfect attendance in school....

Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

A Surprise Announcement (aka a Love Story)

By Amy Beth Starr

Once upon a time, Amy, a divorced Jewish girl from Jersey, met Matt, a divorced Irish Catholic boy from Philly,...

Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Birth Stories, Co-Parenting, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories

Yes, My Kid Is Jewish Even Though His Name Doesn’t Sound Like It

By Hila Ratzabi

He’s not even 3 months old, but already three people have commented on my newborn’s name: “That’s not very...

Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Parenting Stories

The Ghosts of My Grandmothers or How We Named Our Newborn

By Anna Keller

Some people believe that when a child is born the angel of death and the angel of mercy stand in the room side...

Baby Naming, Birth Stories

Traditions of a Jewish Baby Naming

By Lindsey Silken

Lifecycle events can feel like giant OMG moments, but we’re here to help! InterfaithFamily has partnered...

Babies, Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony

The Great Cross-Cultural Interfaith Baby Name Divide

By Cassie Morgenstern

Deciding upon a name for your child can be one of the most fun and most stressful experiences parents-to-be...

Baby Naming, Pregnancy Stories

How Two Baby Naming Ceremonies Helped a Jew-By-Choice Come to Terms With Her Catholic Parents

By Marina Williams

I am a Jew-by-choice. I always felt drawn to Judaism and it was no surprise to anyone when I started dating...

Baby Naming, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Conversion, Family, Grandparents, New Parents, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Pregnancy Stories

What to Do When the Baby Arrives: Tips for Inclusive Naming Ceremonies

By 18Doors

The birth of a child opens up a whole array of religious decisions. Will you have a religious ceremony to mark...

Baby Naming

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