In the fifth grade, after I got thrown out of Yeshiva (a Jewish school), I went to a private school in Brooklyn...
On August 3 my Uncle Jeff, my father’s brother, turned 90 years old. I received a call from my cousin in Canada,...
I recently read an incredible article posted in Alma, written by a former congregant of mine, Katie Simpson....
On my parents’ first date my dad asked my mum if it was a problem that he wasn’t Jewish. She said it wasn’t...
At Jewish summer camp (Camp Tawonga, to be specific), I felt a little different than the other campers. I wasn’t...
Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...
The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....
By Kelly Banker
I am 8 years old. My siblings and I are huddled in my parents’ bedroom, awaiting the precious...
Before Jack was born, I thought I prepared as much as I could for his bris. With the help of my mother-in-law,...
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...
Mother’s Day is coming, in case you haven’t stepped foot in a commercial district recently. With it comes a...
Once upon a time, Amy, a divorced Jewish girl from Jersey, met Matt, a divorced Irish Catholic boy from Philly,...
I had a very interesting day yesterday.
It started with a phone interview with a graduate student in journalism...
By Jacob Weis
Anybody who has had even the most menial part in celebrating Christmas can probably acknowledge...
I’m Emily, the summer intern at InterfaithFamily/Boston! I thought I would kick off my internship by sharing...
My internship with the Jewish United Federation and InterfaithFamily has put me in religious Jewish settings...
I spent last week at California’s Camp Tawonga as the rabbi on staff for their “Taste of Camp” (a six-day introduction...
My name is Shannon and I was brought up in a secular Jewish and secular Unitarian setting. I identify as Jewish,...
I went to an edgy opera recently called, Lilith the Night Demon in One Lewd Act. Lilith isn’t mentioned in...
I signed up to take an Intro to Judaism class at Sam’s synagogue. When I went to (what I thought was)...
This is a guest post by Jeremy Burton, executive director of Boston’s JCRC. After seeing his tweets about...
If you don’t receive our bi-weekly eNewsletter, you may not know that we’re looking ahead to Yom...
“Is it so outrageous for us to say that someone who is married to a Jew also has a place within the Jewish community?”...
Cokie Roberts, who I love as an ABC News commentator, and her husband Steve Roberts, have published a new “interfaith...
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