6 Activities for Tu Bishvat with Kids
Tu Bishvat is sometimes called the Jewish Earth Day or the Birthday of the Trees. This family-friendly holiday...
Books, Holiday How To, Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Tu Bishvat
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...
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...
A Little Christmas Can Be Enriching
By Jacob WeisAnybody who has had even the most menial part in celebrating Christmas can probably acknowledge...
Growing Up Interfaith, Hanukkah & Christmas, 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...
Coming Clean with Your Toddler on Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat is a really beautiful holiday; a new year for the trees. It is a time to think about the earth,...
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...
What Would Esther Think?
Queen Esther, the brave, beautiful and intermarried heroine of Purim.
Over the past month, the intermarriage...
Pray for Rain
The drought and high temperatures have caused large sections of our pond to evaporate.
My family is looking...
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?...
Because Some People Like Dancing
I’m reading the short excerpt from Elie Kaunfer’s book Empowered Judaism in the New York Jewish...
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...
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...
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