How to React When Your People’s People are Targeted
“I know you’re not a Facebook person, but I think I need you to say something,” I said to my husband the day...
Should He Wear a Yarmulke?
I don’t know why a simple question became such a significant issue. The...
Jewish Catholic Relationships, Marriage, Newlywed, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Interfaith Relationship Goals For the New Year
With the new year approaching, now is the perfect time to set goals in your interfaith relationship. Maybe...
Conversation Starters: How to Raise Future Kids Religiously
If you and your partner from another faith are thinking about having kids, deciding how to raise them religiously,...
5 Conversation Starters about Family Food Culture
Coming from different religious backgrounds/cultures, you and your partner likely grew up eating...
Hanukkah Mooncakes and Chive Latkes: A Jewish Chinese Festival of Lights
Lighting the menorah has always been my favorite part. As a child, I loved being the one to move the shamash...
How Gift Giving Has Changed Since Marriage
The weather is quickly changing! That means it’s time to think about “the holiday season” this year. Last year...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Marriage, Newlywed, Relationships
What Happens to Ritual Between Marriage and Babies?
From my conversion to our Japanese and Jewish wedding to my bat mitzvah at 33, I’ve been fortunate to have celebrated...
The Newlywed Question You’re Not Ready For
“So, are you thinking about kids?”
The inevitable question after the wedding. I’ve gotten this question a few...
Should Our New Home Have a Cross or a Mezuzah (or Both)?
Laura hanging the crucifix
Zach and I just moved into a new, smaller apartment at the end of April. Our last...
How’s Married Life?
Paul’s favorite spot by the window
People often ask me, “How’s married life?” Surprisingly,...
Different Religions, Same Guilt
I was born on Yom Kippur, so the holiday has always held a particular fascination for me. When I was young,...
High Holy Days, Jewish Muslim Relationships, Marriage, Relationships
Mom and Dad: We’re in Love and We’re Not Teenagers
Elizabeth’s parents on her wedding day
There’s a memory that stands out. I’m standing in the kitchen of...
How My Interfaith Marriage Improves My Own Catholic Faith
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
Finding Hope as a Newlywed in the New Year
Watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a spiritual experience for me. I’ll try to explain without spoiling the...
A No-Dilemma December
Before they lived together, Zach helped Laura and her roommate Sarah carry their Christmas tree home
The other...
My First Christmas as a Jew (to be)
A new “Christmas” tradition for Kristin and her husband.
Christmas in the Namimoto household lasted...
A Newlywed Hanukkah & Christmas
The holidays are coming, and for newlyweds or committed couples, whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Rituals, Marriage, Newlywed
How Do We Talk About Hate as a Family?
By Elizabeth Vocke
A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are...
Mixed Blessings: Creating Positive Interfaith, Interracial, and Interethnic Relationships
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July, 2001
Review of Mixed Matches: How to Create Successful Interracial, Interethnic, and Interfaith...
More Shifting Ground
This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission.
It’s been busy the past...
The Love Letters Between Kirk Douglas & His Wife Are Astounding
By Joanna Valente
Credit: Kveller.com
Everyone enjoys a good love story. Even though I infamously dislike narratives...
How My Hindu Husband Became the Favorite Jewish Grandchild
I’d been dating the man who’d eventually become my husband for about a year when my grandmother sat me down...
Extended Family, Jewish Hindu Relationships, Marriage, Relationships
A Book to Help Your Interfaith Relationship
A review of A Nonjudgmental Guide to Interfaith Marriage: Making Interfaith Marriage Work (Xlibris Corporation,...
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