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How To Do Tu Bishvat

By 18Doors

Tu Bishvat: The New Year of the Trees Called the “Birthday,” “New Year of the Trees” and “Jewish Earth Day,”...

Booklets, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Tu Bishvat

7 Ways to Celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish Day of Love

By Kristin Eriko Posner

When 18Doors asked me to write a post for Tu B’Av, I have to admit, I had to do some research: Tu B’Av is not...

Love, Other Holidays, Other Holidays Rituals, Relationships, Tu B'Av

Tu Bishvat: Interfaith Friendly, Jewish in Nature

By Aaron Kagan

My family never really celebrated Tu Bishvat, though I do have faint recollections of making little tree-shaped...

Other Holidays, Seder, Tu Bishvat

How Our Interfaith Ceremony Got Us Out of Writing Our Own Vows

By Michele Zipkin & Vanessa Williams

We’ll have to practice stepping on glasses in these shoes – and we’ll keep our fingers crossed...

Marriage, Newlywed, Other Holidays, Religion

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

Sukkot Reminds Us to Treat All Visitors as Honored Guests

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

This blog post was reprinted with permission from j., the Jewish news weekly of Northern California. I recently...

Advocacy, Impact, Other Holidays, Professional Development

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

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

Table full of food and easter eggings with hands taking bread

When a Seder Meets Good Friday: Challenges During the Easter and Passover Holidays

By Dr. June Andrews Horowitz

814 The Holiday Dinner Jeff and Jenny planned to spend Passover with Jeff’s Jewish parents. They...

Easter, Food, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Other Holidays Rituals, Passover, Passover Rituals, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Seder

Fast for the Body, Food for the Spirit

By Marinell James

1115 Matzah ball soup. Brisket. Challah. Lox. Hamantashen. Apples and honey. Practically every Jewish holiday...

Other Holidays

Lag b’Omer: A Jewish Holiday That Is a Picnic

By Sybil Kaplan

330 What holiday is not mentioned in the Torah or any other Jewish source until the 13th century and has...

Other Holidays

Shavuot

By Ruth Abrams

(In which someone finally answers the question, “What about…Naomi?”) Shavuot begins Sunday...

Other Holidays, Shavuot

Listing Holidays and Goals

By Julie Daneman

Bryan and I have a couple of new tasks to take on this week, after our latest pre-marital counseling sessions...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, Hanukkah & Christmas, Officiant, Other Holidays, Wedding Planning, Weddings

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