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How I Came to Embrace My Important Role in Judaism
Carrying a Torah out of the ark.
On Saturday, March 10th, 2018, in front of my family and community, I became...
The First Hero
2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellow Emma Mair with her parents at her bat mitzvah in 2013
On my parents’ first date...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories, Parenting Successes
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families
We’ve compiled the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and...
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
To bar mitzvah or not to bar mitzvah, that is the question. Need some help? Want to learn ways to make your...
Quincineara Barbie
It’s been two weeks of vacation for my family in upstate New York. Nothing but fun, sun, relaxing walks by...
Leading the Way Through Unfamiliar Terrain: The Bar Mitzvah Year
291
May, 2006
Raising a child in a religion other than the one you grew up in is all about leading the...
Interfaith Families and Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Questions and Opportunities
Sam and Mary had an appointment with the rabbi. Their daughter, Rachel, was scheduled to become a Bat Mitzvah...
Don’t Sweat the Jewish Stuff
685
March, 2008
The days prior to my son Julian’s bar mitzvah service I worried about how my non-Jewish...
The Gift Of An Inclusive and Welcoming Community
I met my friend Tracie at an interfaith moms event at my synagogue. She was friendly, and we bonded over her...
My Husband: The Jewish Parent (Who Isn’t Jewish)
The email had arrived a week before I was to travel to Houston to speak to a congregation about interfaith marriage...
The Battle of the Bar Mitzvah Guest List
Before I signed the contract for the place where we would have our son’s bar mitzvah, I needed a rough...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Camp, Extended Family, Parenting Stories, Teenagers
The Bar Mitzvah Brings Out the Big Questions
Our son will become a bar mitzvah in about a year, and I imagine that this will be the first in a series of...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Extended Family, Parenting Stories, Teenagers
From Generation to Generation (or why my New England children are Broncos fans)
The Fateful 2016 AFC Championship Game
Every team’s victory is another team’s defeat, and the stakes were high...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education
Bravo Reconstructionists!
The Reconstructionist movement has once again led the way to a more inclusive Judaism by taking the bold step...
Sample B’nai Mitzvah Readings in English for Family Members
1297
July 22, 2015
Hide and Seek
The God-game is hide-and-seek. He-She-It always seems to depart just before...
Airplane Mode, or How to Start Working on Your High Holiday Resolutions Early
One of many breathtaking views from New Mexico
This is a post about the High Holidays resolutions. I know, you’re...
An Interfaith Mom’s Bookshelf
If there is one thing I’m passionate about, it’s expanding Judaism’s tent. After years of living as a Jewishly...
Jake Chooses Love and We Choose Jake
Meet Jake: He’s a student at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education. After more than two years of studying, Jake...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Teenagers
Triplets’ Upcoming B’nai Mitzvah Shows the Power of Three
1406
May 5, 2015
Mary Brodsky has helped her three adopted step-grandchildren, (l-r) Madison, Jonathan...
Happy Bat Mitzvah Anniversary!
March 25, 1989
This week was my Bat Mitzvah Anniversary. I always feel a little lighter on my feet on...
Birthright Israel and Intermarriage
[This piece, by Edmund Case and Jodi Bromberg, was published in eJewishPhilathropy on September 11, 2014.]
Taglit-Birthright...
Sticking with Israel During Violent Times
*Names have been changed
My husband Charlie is a non-practicing Catholic and I am Jewish. From the get-go, we...
Happy Second Birthday to My Little Dancer
My little Chaya turned two this month. Two is a lot of fun. She is developing language at lightening speed,...
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