Parenting Other Holidays Archives

Why We Say Yes to the Easter Invite

The phone rang and I heard my dad’s apprehensive voice. “Hi Sarah. I have a bit of a strange question for you....

Easter, Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays

Strolling with Moses on Shavuot

There was a painting that hung in the living room of our house when I was a child. My father’s good friend Mike...

Babies, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

Thanks for Giving Me Shavuot for Father’s Day

By Alex Schuh The Schuh family at their children’s b’nai mitzvah One thing I love about being in...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

This is Why Purim is the Original Interfaith Holiday

By Dana Marlowe This article was reprinted with permission from Kveller.com, a fast-growing, award-winning website...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Purim

Purim: The Darker Side of a Festive Holiday

Lela’s daughter enjoying one of her first Purim celebrations The first time I really celebrated Purim...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Purim

3 Tips for Teachers During the Holidays

By Stefani Wiemann Stefanie and her family The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music plays in restaurants,...

Christmas, Hanukkah, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Tips and Advice, Religious Education

A Little Christmas Can Be Enriching

By Jacob Weis Anybody who has had even the most menial part in celebrating Christmas can probably acknowledge...

Christmas, Growing Up Interfaith, Jesus, Parenting Other Holidays

Planning for a First Shavuot

Despite being part of a Jewish family for the past decade, I have never celebrated Shavuot. After the excitement...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

Baby Namings and the Flexibility of Tradition

When I was pregnant with our first daughter, my husband and I were living in the mountains of North Carolina....

Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Purim, Parenting Stories

Raising Strong Girls, Telling the Purim (and Passover) Stories

Before I had daughters, I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to raise them. I had been raised with...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Purim, Young Kids

A Snowstorm, My Pup, and a Moment to Celebrate Nature

It’s Tu Bishvat. The Birthday of the Trees. Hooray trees?!? It is wonderful and important to honor this special...

Other Holidays, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Tu Bishvat

A Meditation on Rules: My Shavuot Postscript

Shavuot came at an interesting time in our parenting journey this year. In addition to cheese blintzes, the...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot

How an Interfaith Wedding Couple Made Me Think About Queen Esther’s Marriage

A couple of months ago I officiated at the wedding of a wonderful couple—the bride was Jewish and the groom...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories

What Would Esther Think?

Queen Esther, the brave, beautiful and intermarried heroine of Purim. Over the past month, the intermarriage...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories

Pray for Rain

The drought and high temperatures have caused large sections of our pond to evaporate. My family is looking...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories

Hanukkah Parent School Visits

1352 December 5, 2012 Originally published on Bible Belt Balabusta, republished with permission. Hanukkah...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah Rituals, Parenting Other Holidays, Religious Education

Coming In The Front Door

I’ve heard rabbis say that the most important part of the synagogue is not the ark where the Torah scrolls...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Answering the Why? One Parent’s Perspective

I just read [url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/smf/index.php?article=4608]Teaching the Why?...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories

Because Some People Like Dancing

I’m reading the short excerpt from Elie Kaunfer’s book Empowered Judaism in the New York Jewish...

Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories

Adult hands and child hands planting a tree.

Sukkot: Our Harvest Celebration

Sukkot is one of my family’s favorite holidays. It was not always this way. As a child, I did not pay...

Parenting Other Holidays, Sukkot

After the Book is Closed: Children’s Books for the Fall Holidays

Reviews of Sukkot Treasure Hunt by Allison Ofanansky, illustrated by Eliyahu Alpern (Kar-Ben, 2009) and The...

Books, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Other Holidays, Sukkot

Parenting Other Holidays

Stay in the know.