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Rabbi Marc’s Top 5 Tips for Engaged Interfaith Couples

I have performed over 3,000 weddings throughout my 40-year career and I am passionate about working with Jewish...

Extended Family, In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Advice: My Daughter Is Bringing Home A Boyfriend Who Is Not Jewish For Rosh Hashanah

Q: Recently, our twenty year old daughter called from college to announce that she is bringing home her...

Dating, Grandparents, In-laws, Relationships

A Thank-You Note to My Mother-In-Law

My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...

Grandparents, In-laws, Motherhood, Parenting Christmas

Take the Fifth: How an Intermarried Woman Honors Parents

By Joy Fields We are commanded to honor our parents. The fifth commandment can present a few challenges, however,...

Extended Family, Family, Food, In-laws, Marriage

Community Comes Together for Baby’s 1st (Interfaith) Passover

A funny thing happened when I had a baby. People in my neighborhood whom I had never spoken to started speaking...

Extended Family, In-laws, Wedding Planning, Wedding Toolbox, Weddings

Thirteen Years of Passover: An Interfaith Introduction

Setting the Passover seder table This year, I’ll be celebrating my 13th Passover with my husband. As a way of...

Extended Family, In-laws, Parenting Passover, Young Kids

The Father & The Rabbi Weigh In

The following is a guest blog post by the groom’s father, Phil Goodman followed by some additional thoughts...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, In-laws, Officiant, Weddings

A Walk in the Woods, A Conversation About Life and Death, A Moment of Connection

A nurse log in the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska. I have a talkative family. Mostly, our everyday...

Grandparents, In-laws, Motherhood, Parenting Christmas

Symbols and Rituals and Traditions. Oh my.

These last few months have been busy with dress fittings, selecting the menu, arranging the seating chart, creating...

Breaking the Glass, Christian Jewish Wedding, Chuppah, Co-officiation, Extended Family, In-laws, Ketubah, Religion, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Parents Who Aren’t Jewish Raising Jewish Children

Between the announcement that Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky are expecting a baby and an interfaith xoJane...

Grandparents, In-laws, Relationships

A Keefe Easter

I think the Passover/Easter combination is more difficult than Hanukkah/Christmas. This is because Easter most...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Easter, Extended Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Passover Seder with Both Families

Won’t you help to sing / These songs of freedom? We’re currently in the middle of one of the most widely-observed...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Extended Family, In-laws, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder, Wedding Stories, Weddings

A Beautiful Shower

Since Chris and I have been planning our wedding for so long, it’s strange to think that it will actually...

Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Meeting the Family

Typically, when I tell friends, coworkers, and acquaintances how many siblings Anne has, responses range from...

Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Let Us Build a City: Interfaith Weddings as an Act of Translation

Shannon practiced saying “Shanah tovah” during the week leading up to Rosh Hashanah. “How do you say that thing?”...

Extended Family, In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Interfaith Rollercoaster

I recently attended the symposium called “Interfaith Rollercoaster: Navigating the Challenges, Enjoying...

Family, In-laws, Marriage, Relationships

The Wedding: A Mixed Blessing

176 Originally published June 2005. Republished May 7, 2012 I have dreamed about my wedding since I was...

In-laws, Wedding Planning, Weddings

An Interfaith Engagement

1186 October 21, 2009 “Dad, I have some big news. We’ve decided to get engaged.” On some...

Engagement, In-laws

Love Thy Mother-In-Law

Where does one put her individuality and feminism aside for the greater good? This is the question I face. I’m...

Extended Family, In-laws, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Weddings

When Life Gets in the Way of Planning a Wedding

425 In March, a friend I have known since childhood met me at David’s Bridal in Natick, Mass., to...

In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Recap, Weddings

A Wedding Without Klezmer

1165 My brother Sheldon was the only one in our family to go to college. He was the youngest. My sister...

Family, In-laws

We Have the Bride and Groom–All We Need Are the Parents

461 June 26, 2007. Republished June 30, 2014. Liliana and I met four years ago as student coordinators...

In-laws, Wedding Recap, Weddings

The Wedding!

This was originally published as

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, Extended Family, In-laws, Newlywed, Reception, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Weddings

Shower during Passover

Since my last post was about Passover anxiety (at least last year’s Passover anxiety), I thought this...

Extended Family, In-laws, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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