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...
How Jewish Am I?
Nicole and her parents
I am Jewish. I identify as being Jewish. Well, actually, I identify as being Jew-ish....
Our Most Important Difference
I had been living at Moishe Kavod House (a home-based Jewish community for young adults) for about a month...
Dating, Identity, Multiracial, Race, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Religion
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?
“But you’re not really Jewish right?” This has been a question I have been asked since I was big enough to...
Babies, God, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships, Religion
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...
Being Jewish (and Buddhist and Christian and Chinese)
A good story is supposed to have a beginning, middle and end, right? Well, this story about being Jewish...
Identity, Jewish Buddhist Relationships, Jewish Chinese Relationships, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories
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
Dear Mom, Thank You For…
Dear Mom,
I know this will embarrass you (and definitely make you cry) because that’s who you are, but in the...
Intermarried Rabbis Are Not the Problem
Temple Beth Avodah, Newton, MA
My friend Marcus and I were in rabbinic school together. He was a rebel, a guy...
Please, Just Call My Son Jewish
Earlier this month my family hosted some of the Israeli staff from my son’s summer camp before they went to...
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
Choosing Love and Family at a B’nei Mitzvah
I’ve been to a lot of bar and bat mitzvahs in my life, but I’ve never been so deeply moved as I was on a recent...
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