Multiracial Archives

Kimberly + David: A Jewish, Christian and Nigerian Wedding on the Ocean

By Kimberly Sara Kabonga

When my husband, David, and I were planning our Jewish and Nigerian wedding, it was important that the celebration...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Multiracial, Two Faith Wedding, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Kindness is Paramount in Our Interfaith, Interracial Relationship

By Kimberly Sara Kabonga

One of the questions David asked me on our first date was, “Are you looking for someone Jewish?” He didn’t...

Dating, Engagement, Identity, Multiracial, Relationships

Largest Group of Respondents from Jews of Color Initiative Study Are Interfaith Families

By Tema Smith

If you’re anything like me, the news that the Jews of Color Initiative commissioned a landmark study exploring...

Advocacy, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Professional Development

Lauren Monaco Makes a Culinary Splash with Peranakan, Italian American and Jewish Fusion Recipes

By Sophie Mortman

Lauren Monaco Grossman’s home is “a place where multiple cultures coexist,” she explains. Our new recipe contributor—a...

Conversion, Culture, Food, Identity, Multiracial, Pop Culture

TaRessa Stovall Talks About Being Mixed Race & How We Can All Create Change

By Tani Prell

Earlier this month, 18Doors co-sponsored Be’chol Lashon’s Loving Day Kabbalat Shabbat (watch the recording...

Advocacy, Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting

Loving My Mixed Self

By Tani Prell

What does Loving Day mean to me? The simpler answer may actually be what it doesn’t. My racial identity and my...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Multiracial, Race

Maya and Scott’s Backyard Wedding Celebrated Their Multifaith and Multiracial Union

By Ezra Samuels

Meet Newlyweds Maya and Scott Maya (right) and Scott (left) participating in the hora, a traditional...

Jewish and Weddings, Multiracial, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Feeling Unheard as a Jewish, Queer Asian Woman

By Carmel Tanaka

Being a Jewish queer Asian woman is more emotional labor than I have the spoons for right now. It’s Pittsburgh, Orlando and...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Jews of Color, LGBTQ, Multiracial, Race

What We’re Reading & Watching About Anti-Black Racism

By Tema Smith

Like many organizations in the Jewish community, the team at 18Doors has been spending a lot of time discussing...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Race

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

What You Can Learn from Our Big Day

By Becky Sowemimo

Since I’ve never been married, I have nothing to compare it to, but September 8, 2018 was the BEST DAY EVER! Our...

Multiracial, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Wedding Tips, Weddings

And A Child Shall Nag Them Into It

By Alina Adams

“I want us to have a Christmas tree,” my 4-and-a-half year old announced one day, full of that...

Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Jewish Holidays

Our Most Important Difference

By Kelly Banker

I had been living at Moishe Kavod House (a home-based Jewish community for young adults) for about a month...

Dating, Identity, Multiracial, Race, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Religion

Being Jewish (and Buddhist and Christian and Chinese)

By Amourence Lee

A good story is supposed to have a beginning, middle and end, right? Well, this story about being Jewish...

Identity, Jewish Buddhist Relationships, Jewish Chinese Relationships, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Yes You Can Be Black AND Jewish

By Debbie Popiel White

981 July 2, 2010 I’m a lucky parent. I have three magnificent children: two born biologically to...

Multiracial, Parenting, Race

Developing a Vision of the Future of Asian-Jewish Families

By Hedi Molnar

Last month more than 500,000 junior high school students, teachers and parents received an issue of Junior...

Family, Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial

My Personal Story: Kimchee on the Seder Plate

By Angela W. Buchdahl

516 Reprinted with permission of Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility. One year my mother put...

Identity, Multiracial

Double Happiness: Parenting a Jewish Teen

By Hedi Molnar

Born in China, daughter to a second-generation Holocaust survivor and an Italian-American Catholic father: Who...

Identity, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Race

Seeking the Light: Child of Holocaust Survivors Reclaims Judaism

By Hedi Molnar

I can’t tell you how many people asked if it was my first marriage when they saw my engagement ring…a...

Holocaust, Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting

The Interracial Interfaith Love Affairs in Secret Love

By Susan Katz

Review of Secret Love by Bart Schneider (Viking Penguin, 275 pages, $25.95, 2001). When it comes to creating...

Books, Multiracial

Pizza, Noodles and Latkes

By Hedi Molnar

What am I? Small eyes… dark hair…. I look like my father. When I went to China to adopt each of...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multicultural Food, Multiracial, Race

The Blessings of Jewish Interracial Adoption

By Rabbi Daniel Kohn

206 My family tends to stand out in a crowd. Although my wife and I are both white, our fifteen-month-old...

Adoption, Multiracial, Parenting

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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