How Will Our Kids Understand the Past?
A synagogue in Anna’s Brooklyn neighborhood
In the fifth grade, after I got thrown out of Yeshiva (a Jewish...
How I Ended Up as a Brooklyn Tour Guide for a Day
On August 3 my Uncle Jeff, my father’s brother, turned 90 years old. I received a call from my cousin in Canada,...
Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
It’s Not My Face that Makes Me Jewish
Rabbi Jillian, age 6
I recently read an incredible article posted in Alma, written by a former congregant of...
The First Hero
2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellow Emma Mair with her parents at her bat mitzvah in 2013
On my parents’ first date...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories, Parenting Successes
Jews Like Me
At Jewish summer camp (Camp Tawonga, to be specific), I felt a little different than the other campers. I wasn’t...
Mom: What is Your Religion?
Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...
Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Parenting, Religion
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, Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays
The Hanukkah Fairy
By Kelly Banker
I am 8 years old. My siblings and I are huddled in my parents’ bedroom, awaiting the precious...
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 I could for...
Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Birth Stories, Bris, Circumcision, Extended Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories
Why I Waited for Interfaith Love
It took me 20 years to find the love of my life. If you told me 10 years ago, or even 15 years ago that I’d...
Dating, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Love, Relationships, Religion
In Defense of Mother’s Day
My Mom and I on one of our many adventures
Mother’s Day is coming, in case you haven’t stepped foot in a commercial...
A Surprise Announcement (aka a Love Story)
Once upon a time, Amy, a divorced Jewish girl from Jersey, met Matt, a divorced Irish Catholic boy from Philly,...
Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Birth Stories, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories
Will Jews Ever Normalize “Non-Jews” [a Term We Don’t Like to Use] and Marrying Them
I had a very interesting day yesterday.
It started with a phone interview with a graduate student in journalism...
A Little Christmas Can Be Enriching
By Jacob Weis
Anybody who has had even the most menial part in celebrating Christmas can probably acknowledge...
Christmas, Growing Up Interfaith, Jesus, Parenting Other Holidays
The Message I Wish I Heard in Hebrew School
Emily (right) with her parents and sister
I’m Emily, the summer intern at InterfaithFamily/Boston! I thought...
Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Religion, Religious Education
My Name is Shannon, and I’m a Jew
My internship with the Jewish United Federation and InterfaithFamily has put me in religious Jewish settings...
We’re Mostly Jewish
Photo courtesy of Camp Tawonga
I spent last week at California’s Camp Tawonga as the rabbi on staff for their...
What I’ve Learned from Growing Up in an Interfaith Family
Shannon (right) with IFF/Chicago staff: Jennifer Falkenholm & Rabbi Ari Moffic
My name is Shannon and I...
Lilith: The Quintessential Jewish Outsider
Artwork by Phil Blank
I went to an edgy opera recently called, Lilith the Night Demon in One Lewd Act. Lilith...
Intro to Judaism
I signed up to take an Intro to Judaism class at Sam’s synagogue. When I went to (what I thought was)...
Christmas, Growing Up Interfaith, Hanukkah, Jesus, Jewish Holidays, Religion
Being Jewish and Being Human
This is a guest post by Jeremy Burton, executive director of Boston’s JCRC. After seeing his tweets about...
Nature vs Nurture
If you don’t receive our bi-weekly eNewsletter, you may not know that we’re looking ahead to Yom...
Extended Family, Grandparents, Growing Up Interfaith, Holocaust
Conservative Synagogues: a Step in the Right Direction
“Is it so outrageous for us to say that someone who is married to a Jew also has a place within the Jewish community?”...
Babies, Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Growing Up Interfaith, New Parents, Parenting Stories
I Wish Cokie and Steve Roberts Were In Our Camp
Cokie Roberts, who I love as an ABC News commentator, and her husband Steve Roberts, have published a new “interfaith...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting High Holy Days, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Parenting Stories
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