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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Takes On Interfaith Love

It’s no secret that one of the reasons so many of us are glued to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is for the Jewish...

Engagement, Extended Family, Family, Identity, Love, Love and Marriage, Pop Culture, Relationship Challenges, Relationships

How Choosing Judaism Helped Me Embrace My Black, Bisexual Identity

By C. E. Harrison

Every Jew-by-choice’s journey to Judaism is different. And while we share some similarities, our lived experiences...

Conversion, Identity, LGBTQ

Can You Convert to Judaism? Yes, and Here Are Five People Who Did.

By Kristin Eriko Posner

Since Judaism isn’t a proselytizing religion, and doesn’t seek to convert people who aren’t Jewish, many people...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice

Becoming a Jew By Choice: 6 Different Stories of Telling Our Families

By Kristin Eriko Posner

As a Jew by choice, stepping into the waters of the mikveh to finish my conversion process is forever etched...

Conversion, Identity

Becoming Jewish After 13 Years and Three Attempts

By Molly Laufer

My path to Judaism took 13 years. And while I ended up marrying the first Jewish person I ever met (my now-husband...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Marriage, Relationships

Living the Queer, Jewish Parent Life I Dreamt of When I Converted

By Ada Centonze

The decision to convert to Judaism hit me like a thunderbolt and became an all-encompassing need over the course...

Conversion, Identity, LGBTQ

Love Changed My Insecurities About Religion & Cerebral Palsy

By Sean Kelly

For much of my life, I found it hard to fit in. Born a triplet with Cerebral Palsy (CP), and raised in an interfaith...

Identity, Relationships, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

How Buddhism, a Disability and My Wife Brought Me to Judaism

By Dan Cayer

Developing a disability in my mid-20s pushed me into all sorts of unexpected situations: I became unemployed...

Identity, Jewish Buddhist Relationships

Going Virtual Has Completely Changed My Relationship With Judaism

By Kristin Eriko Posner

When I was first asked to write about how Jewish ritual has changed for me during these last challenging,...

Identity, Religion, Religious Education, Shabbat, Shabbat Rituals, Spirituality

Kindness is Paramount in Our Interfaith, Interracial Relationship

By Kimberly Sara Kabonga

One of the questions David asked me on our first date was, “Are you looking for someone Jewish?” He didn’t...

Dating, Engagement, Identity, Multiracial, Relationships

10 Multicultural Jewish Food Personalities to Follow on Instagram

By Sophie Mortman

If you’re anything like the staff at 18Doors, you spend way too much time looking at food-related Instagram...

Culture, Food, Identity, Pop Culture

Lauren Monaco Makes a Culinary Splash with Peranakan, Italian American and Jewish Fusion Recipes

By Sophie Mortman

Lauren Monaco Grossman’s home is “a place where multiple cultures coexist,” she explains. Our new recipe contributor—a...

Conversion, Culture, Food, Identity, Multiracial, Pop Culture

Meet Micah Siva: Recipe Creator, World-Traveler, Dietician & Jewish Food-Lover

By Sophie Mortman

Maybe you’ve tried making our Butternut Squash Kugel, welcomed the warm weather with Mexican...

Culture, Food, Identity, Pop Culture

TaRessa Stovall Talks About Being Mixed Race & How We Can All Create Change

By Tani Prell

I had the honor of participating in an event that 18Doors co-sponsored with Be’chol Lashon for Loving Day (watch...

Advocacy, Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting

What Does Jewish Identity Look Like in Your Home?

By 18Doors

We recently asked parents and grandparents to weigh in about what’s important to you about raising your kids/grandkids...

Grandparents, Identity, Parenting

Loving My Mixed Self

By Tani Prell

What does Loving Day mean to me? The simpler answer may actually be what it doesn’t. My racial identity and my...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Multiracial, Race

Feeling Unheard as a Jewish, Queer Asian Woman

By Carmel Tanaka

Being a Jewish queer Asian woman is more emotional labor than I have the spoons for right now. It’s Pittsburgh, Orlando and...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Jews of Color, LGBTQ, Multiracial, Race

How to React When Your People’s People are Targeted

By Lauren Schreiber Sasaki

“I know you’re not a Facebook person, but I think I need you to say something,” I said to my husband the day...

Anti Semitism, Extended Family, Family, Identity, Marriage

Converting to Judaism and Telling My Catholic Family

By Joe Grasso

Things seemed to be working out great for my wife and me as an interfaith family:...

Conversion, Family, Identity, Parenting, Relationships, Religion

Living Our True Selves: Queer, Interfaith and in Love

By Ezra Samuels

I don’t remember all of the lessons my mother tried to teach me as a child; let’s be honest, most of us don’t....

Dating, Identity, LGBTQ, Relationship Challenges, Relationship Successes, Relationships

What We’re Reading & Watching About Anti-Black Racism

By Tema Smith

Like many organizations in the Jewish community, the team at 18Doors has been spending a lot of time discussing...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Race

This Mom of an Interracial, Dual-Faith Family Has the Advice & Support We Need

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Rorri Geller-Mohamed, LCSW, is a family therapist and parent coach who specializes in working with multiracial...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Tips & Advice, Race, Young Kids

Talking to Children About Events in Pittsburgh and Anti-Semitism

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,...

Anti Semitism, Identity, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

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How Do We Bring Two Faiths into Our Everyday?

By Laura Drescher

Often couples of the same faith join a religious community together after getting married. As an interfaith...

Identity, Religion, Religious Life, Resources, Spirituality

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