Why We Call Them Intercultural Weddings: A Secular Humanistic Jewish Approach
When Jews are about to intermarry, they confront their feelings about their Jewish identity. This is a critical...
What’s on the Menu for an Interfaith Passover?
My husband Zach has been doing up Passover big the past couple of years. Before we were married, I would quasi-host...
Denominations, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays Rituals, Passover, Passover Food, Passover Rituals, Seder
Growing Inclusivity
This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission.
The interfaith marriage...
Jewish Denominations
Judaism has numerous movements, or denominations, that cover the spectrum of Jewish practice, belief and community....
Three Denominations Under One Roof
A Reform rabbi, a Conservative rabbi and a 17-year-old Orthodox Yeshiva student sit down to eat Shabbat dinner…...
Charity Begins at Home
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Every day, I open the newspaper or listen to the news, and I am...
Shifts in the Conservative Movement
There was an important JTA article yesterday about a prominent Conservative rabbi who reportedly floated the...
A Secular Jewish Alternative
I have often wondered if, had I not been raised Jewish, I would convert to Judaism. I know many Jews who are...
Rabbinical Students and Intermarriage
Back in February, my colleague, Rebecca, blogged about a debate between two Reform rabbinic students: should...
Reform Judaism
Overview
Reform Judaism is the most popular Jewish denomination in the United States today. The movement runs...
Reconstructionist Judaism
Overview
Reconstructionist Judaism sees Judaism as an evolving Jewish civilization, with religion as the centerpiece...
Orthodox Judaism
Overview
Orthodox Judaism is adhered to by around 10% of American Jews and consists of sects with various levels...
Conservative Judaism
Overview
Around a third of the American Jews who belong to synagogues are affiliated with the Conservative movement,...
Renewal Judaism
Overview
Jewish Renewal does not consider itself a formal denomination like Reform, Conservative, or Orthodoxy....
Converting a Corner of My Heart
Someday, when I finally adopt, my child will be converted to Judaism. This is, of course, necessary and halakhic...
Reform Movement Task Force on Intermarriage Reports
Our CEO Ed Case is attending the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) in San Francisco. The CCAR is...
Not a Surprise
A recent article by Neil Rubin in the Baltimore Jewish Times, “Conservative Judaism Thrives in Baltimore,...
Cultural Judaism Opens the Door for Alienated Jews
Bradford Pilcher’s satiric comments about our work at the Center for Cultural Judaism illustrate the unfortunate...
Secular Humanist Judaism
Secular Jews define Judaism as the history, culture, books, music, art, food, rituals and practices of the Jewish...
Patrilineal Descent and the Conservative Movement
Reprinted with permission from The Jewish Week.
When Reform rabbis voted in 1983 to accept as Jewish the children...
Similarities and Differences Between Catholic and Jewish Worship
I am what one of our Introduction to Judaism rabbis calls a “JIT” — a Jew in Training, as I am in...
Classical Judaism: A Concise Profile
Like all religious groups, today’s Reform Judaism embraces a broad spectrum of interpretation, belief,...
The Nasty and the Nice
I want to share two stories about the strange priorities of the Orthodox today. One’s nasty, one’s...
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