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Identity

My Sweet Southern Reunion

By Wendy Armon

I went to a small Episcopalian school in the heart of the South. It was a very homogeneous Protestant community...

Identity

When Cousins Think They’re Too Cool to Be Jewish

By Jane Larkin

1389 May 4, 2015 This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward. The Seesaw was a popular...

Extended Family, Identity

A Roze(nsky) By Any Other Name

By Jordyn Rozensky

A collection of wedding photos from Jordyn’s family. In 2011, TheKnot.com surveyed almost 20,000 newlywed...

Identity, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Michael Douglas Speaks Out on Anti-Semitism

By Lindsey Silken

Have you or a loved one ever had the experience of overhearing or being told something point blank that was...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Pop Culture

Embracing Our Differences

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

The following is a sermon I gave at Saint Elisabeth’s Church in Glencoe, Illinois, on February 22. Rev. Daphne...

Blessings, Clergy, God, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals, Religion

Time to Junk Jewish Jargon?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

You’re at a social or family gathering when someone starts throwing around a bunch of Jewish gobblygook you...

Identity, Religion & Spirituality, Synagogue

Three Terms I Hope Not to Hear in the New Year

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

As the new year approaches, I’ve been thinking back over the past year—particularly about certain terms I’ve...

Advocacy, Clergy, Identity, Professional Development, Religion

Peoplehood: It’s the Reason my Family is Jewish

By Jane Larkin

The Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education (CJPE)  is a resource and catalyst for developing education about...

Dating, Identity, Relationship Successes, Relationships

10 Months for 2

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Jillian (center) during her days as a counselor at Eisner camp, with her campers The need to belong is part...

Camp, Identity

Five Observations

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

Below are five observations from working with interfaith families that may get our hearts racing and hopefully...

Clergy, Culture, Identity, Professional Development, Religion

woman at window

An Inclusive Holiday Wish

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

My Facebook feed tends to get filled with rabbis and other Jewish professionals’ lives. This is the circle I...

Advocacy, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals

Expectations, Acceptance, and Fantasy Football

By Ryan Mount

“My Happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” –...

Identity

Why I Don’t Keep Kosher

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Jillian (right) with her cousins and grandmother in Ipswich, MA. Growing up, I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking...

Food, Identity

Patrilineal Descent: Should the Baby be Taken to the Mikveh for Conversion?

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Do you know which of the following children would be considered Jewish without going through a conversion according...

Adoption, Babies, Birth Ceremony, Conversion, Identity, Mikveh, Religion

How I Chose Judaism for My Interfaith Family

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Family tradition: Jillian (top) with her sister and mother on her grandfather’s boat in Ipswich, MA after...

Identity

Jewish Genes: Are They in Our DNA or in Our Stories?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Where are you from? It seems an innocent enough question. But as our families become more and more diverse,...

Identity, Parenting, Race, Religion

Jewish Genetic Diseases: Interfaith Doesn’t Equal Immunity

By April Baskin

Thanks to various Jewish ad campaigns and informational events, I know the big, scary Jewish genetics statistic:...

Baby Planning, Identity, Religion

Wanted: Members

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

The Chancellor of the Conservative Movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary wrote a recent article which appeared...

Identity, Op-ed, Resources

My Name is Shannon, and I’m a Jew

By Shannon Naomi Zaid

My internship with the Jewish United Federation and InterfaithFamily has put me in religious Jewish settings...

Growing Up Interfaith, Identity

Wade in the Water at Mayyim Hayyim

By April Baskin

Well, I went to the water one day to pray. And my soul got happy and I stayed all day. [Don’t you know...

Blessings, Conversion, Identity, Mikveh, Race, Religion

Own Your Judaism

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

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

By Shannon Naomi Zaid

Shannon (right) with IFF/Chicago staff: Jennifer Falkenholm & Rabbi Ari Moffic My name is Shannon and I...

Growing Up Interfaith, Identity

My Jewish Wedding, My Formal Jewish Education

By Ryan Mount

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

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Artwork by Phil Blank I went to an edgy opera recently called, Lilith the Night Demon in One Lewd Act. Lilith...

Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Religion & Spirituality

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