Why Be Jewish Today?
Anti-Semitic acts have been happening in our country every day for the past couple of months. And every day...
Choosing to Convert, Yet Hesitant
754February, 2001
I will never forget the conversation I had with a rabbi soon after I made the decision...
Please Stop Asking if My Daughter’s Boyfriend Is Jewish
My 22-year-old daughter is seriously involved with a wonderful guy. He’s smart, funny, kind, and they just...
Dating, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships
How Jewish Do I Need to Be…If I’m Not Actually Jewish?
I met Jeremy and Lisa at a coffee shop to plan their upcoming wedding. We had covered most of the usual pre-ceremony...
The Tree Strikes a Chord Like No Other
Recently, my colleague in Los Angles posted a question that piqued my interest on her personal Facebook page:...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Religion, Spirituality
Hanukkah and Christmas: Getting It “Right”
Elizabeth’s daughter’s first Hanukkah
My husband jokes that I only married him so I could finally celebrate...
Babies, Birth Ceremony, Bris, Circumcision, Identity, Religion
Interview: The December Holidays From A Christian Perspective
While InterfaithFamily is a Jewish organization, we naturally work with individuals and clergy of other faiths...
Our Attempt at Planning a Family Vacation and Baby’s First Fever
We had been planning our vacation to upstate New York for six months. The hotels book up by the end of August,...
Why I am Not Hiding After Orlando
Rabbi Malka (left) at a Black Lives Matter rally in Atlanta
My face lit up as we entered the room full of glittery...
Our Most Important Difference
I had been living at Moishe Kavod House (a home-based Jewish community for young adults) for about a month...
I’m Sorry. Hineini (Here I Am).
I need to apologize. I’ve been quiet. I’ve been in my isolated bubble of white-straight-privilege and been...
Judaism Without Walls
Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania
Why...
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
The End of One LGBT Journey is the Beginning of Another
Throughout my life, I was a person in search of a religion to call my own. Born in the United Kingdom to a...
The Word They’ll Learn the Best
First words. What was my own first word? Probably “Mama,” though now my mother doesn’t remember. She does remember...
But You’re Not Really Jewish, Right?
Photograph of Helen Rose by Lizzy Sullivan
“But you’re not really Jewish right?” This has been a question I...
Divorce, God, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships
I’m Down with Shabbat… After I Look Up What It Is
Like his other mother, my 4-month old son Sam is Jewish. I am not. I was born and raised Catholic. My mother...
See Me for Who I Am
I am a lot of things in this diverse world. I am a female, a daughter, granddaughter, sister, fiancé, niece,...
Bernie Sanders: American Jew, Not the Other Way Around
As my son and I watched coverage of Super Tuesday, I mentioned that regardless of whether or not Bernie Sanders...
My 6-Year-Old Changed Her Name
Ari’s daughter, Allie, after her name change
Naming things gives us a connection to them. Even little...
Do We Need an Interfaith Community?
Where do Jewish-Christian interfaith families turn to find a community of like-minded souls? A church and a...
Why I Go to Church
You might find it hard to believe but I love going to church. I don’t go very often, but the times that I have...
Start by Dropping the ‘Non-Jew’
This article was cross-posted on HuffingtonPost.com.
As the editorial director at an organization that works...
My Kids Are Jewish, With or Without Christmas
Christmas Eve walk through the neighborhood luminaries.
As the only Jewish kid in my small town in Pennsylvania,...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
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