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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

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

A Day of Unplugging – My Personal Challenge

By Marilyn Wacks

Shabbat was created to give us one day of rest each week. Traditional Jews follow a very strict guide about...

Jewish Holidays, Shabbat

Meeting the Extended Family on Passover

By Anne Goodman

Before meeting Sam’s extended family, I had met his parents very briefly for a slice of mid-afternoon pie. ...

Extended Family, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Seder

The December Holidays

By Anne Goodman

I have always known December as a time to prepare for Christmas. Now that I am in an interfaith relationship,...

Family, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays, Wedding Stories, Weddings

And so it begins…

By Dana & Christopher

Chris and Dana here; the new couple for InterfaithFamily’s wedding blog. We’re so excited to share...

Hanukkah, Jewish Holidays

Interfaith Marriage: Finding Meaning in the Journey

By Matt Rice

I went to Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s Purim celebration this year. (Or last year, by the Hebrew calendar.) The...

Food, Identity, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

An Interfaith Family’s Bar Mitzvah

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

I recently had the honor of working with an interfaith family as their son, Jonah, prepared for his Bar Mitzvah....

Clergy, Jewish Holidays, Professional Development

Comic Wedding

By Benjamin Maron

Mazel tov to Kathy Kane and Maggie Sawyer on their engagement! What’s that? You haven’t heard of...

Jesus, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Religion, Seder

Adaptation and Flexibility for Death and Mourning Customs

By Wendy Armon

My Aunt just died. She had been sick, lived to be 88, and had a wonderful marriage of 62 years. One of the sweetest...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover

Cut fresh pomegranates and seeds on a table alongside apples and a honey jar.

Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year!

By Rabbi Ilana Garber

1364 January 14, 2013 Happy New Year! Doesn’t it seem like Jews are always wishing each other a Happy...

Jewish Holidays

Let My People Go!

By Nechama Tamler

For you to consider as you read this week’s blog post: Can you remember a time when you rejoiced in...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Seder

Introduction and December, Y’all!

By Warren

Shalom, y’all! I’m Warren, and I’m going to be contributing to the Parenting blog here at InterfaithFamily....

Jewish Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Sukkot’s Special Scroll

By Nechama Tamler

On the Shabbat of Sukkot, the harvest festival that the Pilgrims chose as a model for Thanksgiving, the scroll...

Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Other Holidays Rituals

Gefilte Fish

By Benjamin Maron

We recently asked readers for their gefilte fish stories. We didn’t really say more than that, hoping...

Family, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Passover Food, Passover Rituals, Seder

Six months later…reflections on an interfaith wedding and life as married couple

By Mia Howard Tavan

[color=purple][b]First, a confession:[/b][/color] Hey there, Mia here, who married Ethan in July and wrote about...

Family, Jewish and Weddings, Jewish Holidays, Marriage, Newlywed, Wedding Recap, Weddings

Review of Our Haggadah

By Rabbi Rim Meirowitz

Review of Our Haggadah 1076 April 5, 2011 Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families, by...

Jewish Holidays, Passover

Fusion Cuisine Preserves Culture

By Ruth Abrams

I love Bryant Terry. I bought his cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen, and it helped me restore my energy for cooking...

Jewish Holidays, Passover, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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