In-laws Archives

Rabbi Marc’s Top 5 Tips for Engaged Interfaith Couples

By Rabbi Marc Rubenstein

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

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

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

Dating, Grandparents, In-laws, Relationships

Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite

By Sarah Rizzo

The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....

Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover

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

By Jane Larkin

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 a Woman in an Interfaith Marriage Honors Her Parents

By Joy Fields

We are commanded to honor our parents. The fifth commandment can present a few challenges, however, like when...

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

Thirteen Years of Passover: An Interfaith Introduction

By Emily Mace

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

By Anne Goodman

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

Symbols and Rituals and Traditions. Oh my.

By Anne Goodman

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

A Keefe Easter

By Anne Goodman

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

By Anne Goodman

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

Extended Family, In-laws, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

A Beautiful Shower

By Dana & Christopher

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

By Anne Goodman

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

By Matt Rice

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

By Wendy Armon

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

Family, In-laws, Marriage, Relationships

The Wedding: A Mixed Blessing

By Sarah Callahan

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

Family, In-laws, Wedding Planning, Weddings

An Interfaith Engagement

By Aaron Kagan

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

By Lula Jones

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

By Faye Rapoport DesPres

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

By 18Doors

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

Family, In-laws

Easter Seders and Passover Bunnies

By Jeri Zeder

What do you do when your mother-in-law sends chocolate Easter bunnies to your Jewish children? When she brings...

Easter, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover

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

By Hal Schneider

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!

By Bryan Daneman

This was originally published as

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

My Big Fat Not-So-Jewish Wedding

By Bryna Bass

“I’m getting married!” The words rang out as I announced the news to my parents. “Mazel...

In-laws, Wedding Planning, Weddings

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