Resources for Parents Whose Children Are in Interfaith Relationships
When some parents first find out their child is dating or marrying someone who is not Jewish, they may not...
Rabbi Marc’s Top 5 Tips for Engaged Interfaith Couples
I have performed over 3,000 weddings throughout my 40-year career and I am passionate about working with Jewish...
Extended Family, In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Marrying Off a Daughter as a Values Clarification Exercise
Marrying off a daughter is a values clarification exercise. While the wedding ceremony ostensibly serves to...
When a Major Jewish Holiday Clashes With a Major Family Wedding
My cousin is getting married on Yom Kippur. And her dress rehearsal is on Kol Nidre. Yes, you read that right....
Extended Family, High Holy Days, Wedding Planning, Weddings, Yom Kippur
Naming Our Past, Present & Future
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
Family Acceptance & Testing the Breaking of the Glass
Zach works with my dad to build a stand for our photo booth
Over the July 4th weekend, Zach and I spent some...
Breaking the Glass, Extended Family, Wedding Planning, Weddings
How My Hindu Husband Became the Favorite Jewish Grandchild
I’d been dating the man who’d eventually become my husband for about a year when my grandmother sat me down...
Extended Family, Jewish Hindu Relationships, Marriage, Relationships
Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite
The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....
Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover
What (I Hope) My Interfaith Marriage Taught My Parents
I’ve been married for 14 years and with my husband who is not Jewish for 16. I’ve always wanted to believe...
To Tree or Not To Tree
The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...
Extended Family, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday Toolbox, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
Gratitude, Love and Life
Helen Rose “No Limits”
Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant...
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
Take the Fifth: How an Intermarried Woman Honors Parents
By Joy FieldsWe are commanded to honor our parents. The fifth commandment can present a few challenges, however,...
My Son’s Bris: Why I Was Not Prepared for This
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
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
Tips from a Newlywed: Planning Your Two-Faith Wedding
Before my now-husband, Brandon, and I were engaged, I always assumed we would have a Jewish wedding. Brandon...
Extended Family, Newlywed, Officiant, Wedding Tips, Weddings
Grief in the Days of Awe
Two weeks ago, I wrote that I didn’t know yet what I would do for Yom Kippur. In the end, the Books of Life...
When Cousins Think They’re Too Cool to Be Jewish
1389May 4, 2015
This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward.
The Seesaw was a popular...
This Mother’s Day Let’s Honor Grandmothers of Jewish Kids Who Aren’t Themselves Jewish
There are usually two types of Jewish blogs written in connection with Mother’s Day:
1. Those that focus on...
Thirteen Years of Passover: An Interfaith Introduction
Setting the Passover seder table
This year, I’ll be celebrating my 13th Passover with my husband. As a way of...
Counting our Blessings at Thanksgiving
1023Originally published November, 2007. Republished November, 2014
This is the year. For the first time...
Simchat Torah: Celebrate the Endings and Rejoice the Beginnings
The Grooms Party
We just celebrated Simchat Torah as a community. The purpose of the holiday is to celebrate...
Extended Family, Jewish Holidays, Mikveh, Simchat Torah, Wedding Stories, Weddings
Symbols and Rituals and Traditions. Oh my.
These last few months have been busy with dress fittings, selecting the menu, arranging the seating chart, creating...
Breaking the Glass, Christian Jewish Wedding, Chuppah, Co-officiation, Extended Family, In-laws, Ketubah, Religion, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings
A Keefe Easter
I think the Passover/Easter combination is more difficult than Hanukkah/Christmas. This is because Easter most...
Christian Jewish Wedding, Easter, Extended Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings
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