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Guide: Tashlich: a Fun, Accessible Ceremony

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days What is Tashlich? During the Rosh Hashanah holiday, many individuals...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, High Holy Days Rituals, Jewish Holidays

Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

About the Hebrew Calendar and the Holidays we Celebrate Why are Jewish holidays always changing dates? Jewish...

Hanukkah, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Holidays Toolbox, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah, Tu Bishvat, Yom Kippur

Guide to Hanukkah for Interfaith Families

By 18Doors

1297 What is Hanukkah? View a PDF of our Guide to Hanukkah for Interfaith Families Hanukkah is a...

Jewish Holidays

What Goes On a Seder Plate and How To Make It?

By 18Doors

Seder Plate Meaning The Passover seder plate displays the symbols talked about in the story of Passover as...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals

Why Can’t We Have a Christmas Tree?

By Alina Adams

“We can’t have one,” I replied, full of the weary knowledge that only the mother of a...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories

Shabbat (with Kids) Cheat Sheet

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

If you’re new to Judaism or looking to learn how to share more Jewish practices with your family, Shabbat is...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Shabbat

What’s on the Menu for an Interfaith Passover?

By Laura Drescher

My husband Zach has been doing up Passover big the past couple of years. Before we were married, I would quasi-host...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder

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

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

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

High Holy Days: the Basics

By 18Doors

Summer’s Ending, So Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Must Be Arriving Maybe you’re...

Booklets, High Holy Days, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

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, Professionals Stories

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

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

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

Celebrating Holidays as Interfaith Co-Parents

By Rebecca Silver

I never know exactly what people mean when they say that a separation is “amicable.” I’m still not sure....

Co-Parenting, 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

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, LGBTQ, 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

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

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