My Interfaith & Immigrant Family’s First-Ever Passover Seder
“They tried to kill us.
We won.
Let’s eat.”
That’s my family’s mantra for...
How To Keep Kids Engaged During a Passover Seder
The Passover seder is intended to be an engaging journey for people of all ages. How do we keep everyone involved—especially...
Virtual Passover Activities for Kids
Fun & creative activities to celebrate each day of Passover with your kids.
If you need some fun Passover...
The Lone Muslim at Passover Camp
I am pretty sure that I was the only Muslim at Passover camp this year. A retreat in the beautiful mountains...
Jewish Muslim Relationships, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover
The Kids’ Table
Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday because it is mostly about storytelling. Every year, my family sits...
Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
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, Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover
Kitniyot at the Table: Why I Can’t Just Breath a Sigh of Relief
Recently, two important Conservative rabbinic opinions came down that probably rang out strongly with their...
Community Comes Together for Baby’s 1st (Interfaith) Passover
A funny thing happened when I had a baby. People in my neighborhood whom I had never spoken to started speaking...
My Turn to Make the Passover Meal (with Grandma’s Potatoes)
Passover is approaching. The stores in my neighborhood have begun the process of taking the chametz (bread)...
My Wife Eats Cereal in The Garage
We have been through 20 Passovers together. My wife does pretty well with the eating restrictions but somewhere...
Marriage, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover, Relationships
Our Nonexistent Springtime Dilemma
My daughter shows off her Easter egg hunt success
Easter and Passover, in my experience, don’t create the same...
Passover in Morocco, Iceland and Beyond
Growing up with a dad who was a Navy pilot, my family celebrated Jewish holidays in some pretty far-flung places...
My Eastover Basket
As a kid, I loved Passover and Easter.
Passover meant a big seder, with my grandfather chanting at the end of...
Easter, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals
My Dad, Elijah and the Afikomen
My father and brother
Spring means color. Splashing greens and yellows. Purple tulips cascading over front porches...
Ma Nishtanah: Why are Jewishly Engaged Interfaith Families Different from Other Jewish Families?
There are times in life when we’re in the zone. We’re so involved in performing or participating in an activity...
Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover
How to Make Your Passover Seder Fun for Kids
Passover is one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays and many Jewish families have some type of Passover...
Thirteen Years of Passover: An Interfaith Introduction
Setting the Passover seder table
This year, I’ll be celebrating my 13th Passover with my husband. As a way of...
This Passover Let Your Creativity Go Wild
This post originally appeared on Jane’s Interfaith and Jewish blog.
If you or your Jewish partner is...
Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Passover
Is there a connection between Easter eggs and the afikomen?
When I was little, my mom made a huge deal of the Passover afikomen hunt. The prize for finding the broken pieces...
Easter, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Passover, Passover, Passover Rituals, Seder
My Family’s Homemade Haggadah
Like all Jewish holidays in my family, Passover with my family is an entirely interfaith affair. There are Catholic...
Finding Common Ground When You Have Different Backgrounds
Often couples come from different backgrounds and it can be difficult to find common ground. But usually, if...
I Stand with Israel
As I left the gym early this morning, I walked past a TV showing an MSNBC interview with the Israeli Counsel...
Thinking about Kansas City at the Seder Table
Our Seder Table
Yesterday, as we were putting the final touches on our seder menu, a violent and horrible tragedy...
Finding a Way to Embrace the Fifth Child
The five children: one wise, one wicked, one simple, one silent and one with interfaith parents.
The other day,...
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