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Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The High Holy Days are a time for families to come together. But you...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

Guide: Symbols and Rituals: Tashlich: a Fun, Accessible Ceremony

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Tashlich: a Fun, Accessible Ceremony During the Rosh Hashanah holiday,...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days Rituals, Jewish Holidays

Jewish Greetings Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

Ever hear someone use Jewish greetings and aren’t sure what it means or how to respond? Happy and sad lifecycle...

Hanukkah, Holiday Toolbox, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Ten Tips to Enliven the Seder: Ways to Delay That Fifth Question

By 18Doors

This article originally appeared on Jewishfamily.com, a service of Jewish Family & Life!, and is reprinted...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

Young man singing play a ukulele outside

My Favorite Passover Song Parodies

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Passover is coming, which means that Passover-themed parodies of pop songs are showing up on my Facebook news...

Holiday Video, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Pop Culture

Why Is There an Orange on the Seder Plate?

By Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe

As a kid, my mother taught us to put an orange on the seder plate as an act of feminism. Around that same time,...

Jewish Holidays, Passover

Was the Last Supper a Passover Seder?

By 18Doors

225February, 2002 In the Spring, Jews throughout the world will sit down to experience a Passover seder...

Jesus, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Religion, Seder

High Holy Days: the Basics

By 18Doors

Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), together, are known as the High...

Booklets, High Holy Days, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah

List of Popular Jewish Foods You Should Know About

By 18Doors

If you have visited a Jewish household, you may have encountered traditional Jewish food that is special to...

Jewish Holiday Cooking, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Holidays Toolbox

I’m A Rabbi And I Love Christmastime Too

By Rabbi Keara Stein

I am a rabbi and I love Christmastime. I love the twinkling lights in the cool dark nights. I love listening...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays

Fielding Questions about the Wedding & Our Life Together

By Alexandra Scanlon

Alexandra with her parents and fiancé The decision to get married inevitably invites inquiry. How did you meet?...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings, Yom Kippur

Talking About Christmas Trees… in July

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Two years ago, I was sitting at a table on a warm summer evening with five young couples. They were the newest...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays

My 8 Favorite Hanukkah Pop Song Parodies

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Hanukkah is a holiday full of fun and meaningful traditions, like eating foods made with oil such as latkes...

Hanukkah, Jewish Holidays, Pop Culture

Ask What Your Kid Really Thinks of Hanukkah & Christmas

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

We tend to ask our children the same questions over and over which are super hard to answer. Educators...

Hanukkah, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Hanukkah

Why There’s No Such Thing As “The December Dilemma”

By Laurel Snyder

This time of year, I often find myself answering questions about the “December Dilemma.” As an intermarried-child-of-intermarriage,...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Holiday Toolbox, Jewish Holidays

Celebrating Holidays as Interfaith Co-Parents

By 18Doors

1410September 22, 2015I never know exactly what people mean when they say that a separation is “amicable.”...

Divorce, Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Relationships

Ma Nishtanah: Why are Jewishly Engaged Interfaith Families Different from Other Jewish Families?

By Jane Larkin

There are times in life when we’re in the zone. We’re so involved in performing or participating in an activity...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover

Top 10 Things We Learned from Our Passover/Easter Survey

By Jodi Bromberg

In March 2015, InterfaithFamily conducted its 11th annual Passover/Easter Survey to determine the attitudes...

Easter, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

This Passover Let Your Creativity Go Wild

By Jane Larkin

This post originally appeared on Jane’s Interfaith and Jewish blog. If you or your Jewish partner is...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover

It’s Time to Dispel the Urban Legend of the Orange on the Seder Plate

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

If you, like me, are past the age of 40, you may remember years ago hearing the claim that Little Mikey of LIFE...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

Is there a connection between Easter eggs and the afikomen?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

When I was little, my mom made a huge deal of the Passover afikomen hunt. The prize for finding the broken pieces...

Easter, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

Come Together Through Food (Passover Food, That Is)

By 18Doors

The following is a guest blog post by Rabbi Evan Moffic, who is not a member of our staff but his wife, Rabbi...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

The Beerorah

By Reva Minkoff

The 4th Annual Beerorah (From 2013) One of my favorite holidays is Hanukkah, and for that, I give a lot of the...

Hanukkah, Jewish Holidays, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Simchat Torah: Celebrate the Endings and Rejoice the Beginnings

By Ryan Mount

The Grooms Party We just celebrated Simchat Torah as a community. The purpose of the holiday is to celebrate...

Extended Family, Jewish Holidays, Mikveh, Simchat Torah, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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