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A Jewish Ukrainian Catholic Family’s Pandemic Bris

By Renata Breytman Kersus

An interfaith brit milah (bris) in a pandemic… sounds doable, right? Except for...

Babies, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Bris, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Should He Wear a Yarmulke?

By Samantha Meyer Gallegos

I don’t know why a simple question became such a significant issue. The...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Marriage, Newlywed, Relationship Challenges, Relationships

How My Interfaith Marriage Improves My Own Catholic Faith

By Laura Drescher

This Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a season of repentance in preparing...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Marriage, Relationships, Yom Kippur

I Wish We’d Had “The Religion Talk” Before Having Kids

By 18Doors

Before my husband and I got married, we discussed how we would raise any potential children. These children...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting Stories

My Son’s Interfaith Engagement

By Raquel Stabinski-Leib

“I am getting married” my son Jordan said nonchalantly as he walked by the door of my home office....

Engagement, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting

Our Wedding: A Personalized Jewish-Catholic Interfaith Ceremony

By Jenny Kellogg

It is true, what people tell you in the stressful throes of planning your wedding– “Things will...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings

The Shrinking Crucifix

By Elaine Markowitz

Editor’s Note: 18Doors does not take an editorial position on officiation at interfaith weddings. We welcome...

Co-officiation, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting Adult Children, Wedding Stories, Weddings

I’m Catholic and She’s Jewish Yet I’m Optimistic About Our Future

By Joseph Smith

Within a month of my first date with Sarah, she invited me to attend her family’s seder (ritual Passover...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Relationships

Growing Our Interfaith Marriage “Garden”

By Emily Golomb

Before Jose and I got married, I wondered how marriage would influence our personal growth. I frequently heard...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Advice from the Other Side: How We Planned Our Jewish, Catholic & Spanish Wedding

By Sarah Martinez Roth

How We Met Growing up Catholic, I knew I wanted to marry a man of faith; however, when I met Jonathan, I...

Jewish and Weddings, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Relationships, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings

It’s All About the Food

By Sue Feder

We fell in love over vindaloo in London, and married over Szechuan in New York. We still share a passion for...

Dating, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Relationships

Bat Mitzvah… Then What?

By Hedi Molnar

It was like climbing a mountain in high heels, those weeks leading up to the bat mitzvah service. After a year...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories

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