When some parents first find out their child is dating or marrying someone who is not Jewish, they may not...
I have performed over 3,000 weddings throughout my 40-year career and I am passionate about working with Jewish...
Marrying off a daughter is a values clarification exercise. While the wedding ceremony ostensibly serves to...
My cousin is getting married on Yom Kippur. And her dress rehearsal is on Kol Nidre. Yes, you read that right....
Giving your child a Hebrew name is a long-standing tradition in Judaism. Sometimes families have elaborate...
Over the July 4th weekend, Zach and I spent some time with my family in the Philadelphia area. As mentioned...
I’ve been married for 14 years and with my husband who is not Jewish for 16. I’ve always wanted to believe...
The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...
Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant other) and our baby girl, Helen...
Before I signed the contract for the place where we would have our son’s bar mitzvah, I needed a rough...
By Joy Fields
We are commanded to honor our parents. The fifth commandment can present a few challenges, however,...
Before Jack was born, I thought I prepared as much as I could for his bris. With the help of my mother-in-law,...
Our son will become a bar mitzvah in about a year, and I imagine that this will be the first in a series of...
By Emily Baseman
Before my now-husband, Brandon, and I were engaged, I always assumed we would have a Jewish...
A funny thing happened when I had a baby. People in my neighborhood whom I had never spoken to started speaking...
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...
This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward.
The Seesaw was a popular advice column in...
There are usually two types of Jewish blogs written in connection with Mother’s Day:
1. Those that focus on...
This year, I’ll be celebrating my 13th Passover with my husband. As a way of introducing myself as a new parenting...
This is the year. For the first time in our family’s history, both sides will come together, in some sort...
We just celebrated Simchat Torah as a community. The purpose of the holiday is to celebrate the conclusion...
These last few months have been busy with dress fittings, selecting the menu, arranging the seating chart, creating...
I think the Passover/Easter combination is more difficult than Hanukkah/Christmas. This is because Easter most...
Won’t you help to sing / These songs of freedom?
We’re currently in the middle of one of the most widely-observed...
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