Growing up in New Jersey, I loved celebrating Christmas. I have lovely memories of opening presents on Christmas...
It’s that time of year again when I ask myself as a Jew if I prefer Christmas to Hanukkah. Historically, my...
The weather is quickly changing! That means it’s time to think about “the holiday season” for 2018. Last...
As a young couple, my husband and I sailed through our early holiday seasons together. My family is Jewish...
There’s a memory that stands out. I’m standing in the kitchen of my childhood home, talking to my parents passionately...
Watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a spiritual experience for me. I’ll try to explain without spoiling the...
As always at the end of the year there were a lot of stories about interfaith families and the December holidays....
Introduction
From 2006-2009, I wrote an annually updated article for this site called “Jews who Wrote...
Back in 2003, I thought it was amazing when Seth Cohen from The O.C. first taught the world about the magic...
The other week I read an InterfaithFamily post about menorahs and the “December dilemma” aka “the holidays.”...
Christmas in the Namimoto household lasted about 15 years. As soon as my siblings and I were old enough to...
It’s the conversation topic almost every interfaith couple dreads (that is, if one of the members is Christian)....
The holidays are coming, and for newlyweds or committed couples, whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas...
Intermarriage, Christmas, Hebrew Union College, interfaith, half-Jewish, New Rochelle
By Rabbi Beth Nichols...
I am a rabbi and I love Christmastime. I love the twinkling lights in the cool dark nights. I love listening...
Recently, my colleague in Los Angles posted a question that piqued my interest on her personal Facebook page:...
For some of us in interfaith homes, December can highlight sticky situations. There are questions of how to...
We were late. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the aisles of Target, my husband and I were...
Two years ago, I was sitting at a table on a warm summer evening with five young couples. They were the newest...
I have a confession to make: For a while now, I’ve been pretty anti-Jewish prayer. I know that may sound startling...
Once upon a time, I was a kid growing up in North Jersey in the ‘80s, and I had a pretty clear idea of who...
As I write this, it’s just before nine in the morning on Friday, December 25.
I’m sure that my children...
Christmas Eve walk through the neighborhood luminaries.
As the only Jewish kid in my small town in Pennsylvania,...
By Stefani Wiemann
The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music plays in restaurants, Christmas trees are...
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