Own Your Judaism
Sometimes Jews who don’t live their lives by the rubrics of Jewish law feel inauthentic in their identity or...
Identity, Ketubah, Officiant, Religion, Spirituality, Wedding Ritual
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...
My Jewish Wedding, My Formal Jewish Education
This week, I was asked by a co-worker about my Bar Mitzvah. She is part of a team that is putting together a...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings
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...
Food Glorious Food…
Last weekend we met with the caterer to finalize the menu and taste some of the dishes we had picked for our...
Halacha Unplugged, Part 1 – The Bris: Which Parent Makes a Child Jewish?
Is it the spirit of the law or the letter of the law that counts the most?
“Your kids aren’t Jewish because...
Eyes on the Prize
I love when my kids come home from school with inspirational materials. This week, with MLK day on everyone’s...
Let Us Now Praise Famous Mensches: Celebrating Interfaith Marriage
This morning I put a cross into a drawer. It was a cradle cross that Leacock Presbyterian Church gave my parents...
Family, Identity, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings
Interfaith Marriage: Finding Meaning in the Journey
I went to Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s Purim celebration this year. (Or last year, by the Hebrew calendar.)
The...
Food, Identity, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings
Best Advice Ever—Pick Three Things
We all know lots of people who won’t compromise. One friend spent so much time compromising that he didn’t realize...
The Choosing People
On Yom Kippur in 2013, Rabbi Rachel Saphire of Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA, gave an inspiring sermon....
Clergy, High Holy Days, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories
Naming Our Fears: When Have We Asked Too Much?
A Muslim man greeted me with “As-salamu alaykum” on Rosh Hashanah morning. Having seen the kufi-style yarmulke...
Anti Semitism, Conversion, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings
Universal Values, Jewish Expressions: Finding Common Ground in an Interfaith Marriage
When I became Jewish, I began seeing homeless people.
I was not unaware of the homeless before I converted to...
Being Jewish and Being Human
This is a guest post by Jeremy Burton, executive director of Boston’s JCRC. After seeing his tweets about...
Five Things People Assume When Your Spouse/Partner Isn’t Jewish
Whenever we meet someone new, I always worry about the reaction they will have when I tell them that my husband...
Clergy, Culture, Identity, Professional Development, Religion
Thinking Like a Jew
A family member of my husband’s, whom I’ll call Devorah, recently told me that although I may have converted, “you...
The Struggle to Tolerate the Intolerant… One Parent’s View
I heard someone say, “I hate the xxxx people. They are so intolerant.” I thought this was a very...
Encouraging the Welcoming of Interfaith Couples and Families
Six years ago, under the leadership of Leonard Wasserman, InterFaithways board member Bill Schwartz urged the...
What Draws Interfaith Families To Jewish Life
I’m pleased to report that the New York Jewish Week has published my op-ed, What Draws Interfaith Families...
What Our Surveys Say About What Attracts Interfaith Families to Jewish Organizations
There is a great deal of concern in the Jewish world about the degree to which interfaith families are engaged...
Bed Time
Lori Palatnik recommended that I start saying the Shema with my son in the morning and in the evening before...
Teaching the Why?
I attended part of the International Institute for Secular Humanist Judaism’s Colloquium at Northwestern this...
Thoughts on Jewish Identity
The Winter 2012 edition of Contact, the journal of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, is devoted to...
Where Do We Fit In?
Being a somewhat Shomer Shabbos Jew married to a non-Jew, I often feel a little at odds with my Jewish identity. ...
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