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6 Activities for Tu Bishvat with Kids

By Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

Tu Bishvat is sometimes called the Jewish Earth Day or the Birthday of the Trees. This family-friendly holiday...

Books, Holiday How To, Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Tu Bishvat

Confronting the Charge that the Gospels are Anti-Semitic

By Menachem Wecker

A review of Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-being in a Christian Environment (Jewish...

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Flying Couch, Millennials, the Holocaust & Interfaith Marriage

By Edmund Case

I had a very interesting experience recently when Amy Kurzweil, author of Flying Couch, A Graphic Memoir,...

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The Million-Dollar Question: What Makes Someone a Jew?

By 18Doors

728 August, 2007 Review of What Makes Someone a Jew? by Lauren Seidman (Jewish Lights, 2006). Who is a...

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Can It Be Done? New Book Shows How Intermarriage Can Work

By 18Doors

162 August, 2006 Review of Inside Intermarriage by Jim Keen (URJ Press, New York, 2001). According to its...

Books, Relationships

5 Rosh Hashanah Stories to Read with Your Preschooler

By 18Doors

By PJ Library This post originally appeared on PJ Library and is reprinted with permission. Chances are, your...

Books, High Holy Days for Parents

A Review of Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage

By Cheryl F. Coon

Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage by Jane Kaplan. Praeger Publishers;...

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Mixed Blessings: Creating Positive Interfaith, Interracial, and Interethnic Relationships

By Marlena Thompson

505 July, 2001 Review of Mixed Matches: How to Create Successful Interracial, Interethnic, and Interfaith...

Books, Marriage

Inside Intermarriage: A Christian Partner’s Journey Raising a Jewish Family

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. August 1, 2017...

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Insider Tips from a Master Wedding Planner

By Lynda Barness

You are now engaged! NOW WHAT? Here are five things to consider before jumping in, from a Master Wedding Planner: 1....

Books, Christian Jewish Wedding, Engagement, Relationships, Weddings

The Jewish Wedding Now

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. I don’t have any weddings...

Books, Engagement, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

A Book to Help Your Interfaith Relationship

By 18Doors

A review of A Nonjudgmental Guide to Interfaith Marriage: Making Interfaith Marriage Work (Xlibris Corporation,...

Books, Marriage, Relationships

The Sacred Goal of Interfaith Family Inclusion

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

I recently got introduced to a children’s book called Zero by Kathryn Otoshi. It’s a book aimed at preschoolers,...

Books, Professionals Stories

How to Talk to Your Kids about Interfaith Dating: For Those Married to Jews or in Interfaith Marriages

By 18Doors

182 February, 2000 There’s a book written by a leading Conservative Rabbi, Alan Silverstein, titled...

Books, Dating, Parenting

A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children

By 18Doors

627 January, 2000 There has not been much guidance available for the Christian who has decided to help...

Books, Parenting

A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah

By Benjamin Maron

Eating together can bring a family together. We often suggest inviting family members who aren’t Jewish...

Books, High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Holiday How To

Hanukkah AND Christmas: 7 Books for Interfaith Children

By 18Doors

This article was originally published on Susan Katz Miller’s blog, onbeingboth.com. You can also find...

Books, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas

A series of books lined up on their spines and another book open laying on top of them, all against a bright blue background.

How to Raise a Jewish Dog

By Jane Larkin

Two-and-a-half years ago, when we got our dog Brady, my son asked if an animal can have a religion. The question...

Books, Parenting Stories

Q&A with Simone Bloom Nathan

By 18Doors

Q&A with Simone Bloom Nathan 1127 December 2, 2014 Simone Nathan, author of Eight Candles and a Tree,...

Books, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas

My December Disaster

By Jane Larkin

1183 November 25, 2014 The following is a collection of excerpts from the chapter “My December Disaster”...

Books, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas

Kids’ Books That Matter: Lashon Hara/Gossiping

By Kathy Bloomfield

We recently started getting People magazine as part of a “trade airline miles for subscriptions” deal. Because...

Books, Young Kids

Lessons from ‘My Basmati Bat Mitzvah’

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

I don’t normally read books written for middle schoolers, but I was in the children’s section of my local library...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Books

Kids’ Books that Matter: Remember the Days of Old – Zachor/Remembrance

By Kathy Bloomfield

We traveled fairly extensively with our kids when they were young. We took wide-ranging road trips throughout...

Books, Young Kids

Best Children’s Passover Books: Expanding the Story of Passover

By Kathy Bloomfield

Passover is one of the best Jewish holidays for unleashing creative energy in a variety of ways. Millions of...

Books, Passover, Young Kids

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