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When Faith Reaches the Border

By Anna Keller

There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...

Anti Semitism, Holocaust, Motherhood, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Why Do I Worry My Daughter Won’t Fit In?

By Anna Keller

I was never a princess. In my favorite childhood photo I have short brown hair and a leather jacket covered...

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

We Aren’t as Different as My Neighbors Think

By Anna Keller

I grew up in an Orthodox community in Midwood, Brooklyn. My mother still lives there and I live three blocks...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

I Was the Loca Lady at My Baby’s Naming

By Anna Keller

Photo By Lizzy Sullivan I never thought that I would be the crazy lady in synagogue. You know the one: She sits...

Israel, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Helen Fell on Her Head and I Prayed to Jesus, Sort of

By Anna Keller

Helen fell on her head. In case I didn’t think I deserved the “worst mother award” before, I pretty much bolted...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

My Jewish-American, Mexican-Catholic Daughter Speaks with a British Accent…and It’s All My Fault

By Anna Keller

There have been a few changes in our home life since Adrian and I welcomed our newest edition, Alma, to the...

Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

The First Hero

By Emma Mair

2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellow Emma Mair with her parents at her bat mitzvah in 2013 On my parents’ first date...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting Stories, Parenting Successes

1 Family, 4 New Year Celebrations, 0 Resolutions

By Jessica Melwani

Today, my family is ringing in the New Year for the fourth time in 2017. In January, we reveled with champagne...

Jewish Hindu Relationships, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

How We Found the Right Synagogue for Us

By Elizabeth Vocke

Almost two years ago we started talking about joining a synagogue. We knew it was time to put our daughter in...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Synagogue

Helen Turns 2 in English, Spanish and Hebrew

By Anna Keller

I can’t believe my first baby girl is already 2! In the beginning of this journey into parenthood I can remember...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories

One of These Things is Not Like the Other

By Amy Beth Starr

Making friends as a grown-up isn’t always easy. When I look at my “mom” friends, we’re...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Parenting Sukkot

How to Rebuild on Yom Kippur

By Anna Keller

What it means to rebuild on Yom Kippur… A few weeks ago my family had a hard day. It seemed that both...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Yom Kippur

The Unraveling of Tradition

By Anna Keller

This year’s Rosh Hashanah became the beginning of a challenging New Year. Approaching the middle of my third...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories

Why I Never Visit My Father’s Grave

By Anna Keller

Numbers are a big deal in Judaism. Hebrew is an ancient language, but numerology is hidden in every letter of...

Death & Mourning, Death & Mourning Stories, Parenting Stories

Quinceañera Barbie

By Anna Keller

It’s been two weeks of vacation for my family in upstate New York. Nothing but fun, sun, relaxing walks by...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

I Wish We’d Had “The Religion Talk” Before Having Kids

By 18Doors

Before my husband and I got married, we discussed how we would raise any potential children. These children...

Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting Stories

When I Panicked and a Stranger Stepped in to Help

By Anna Keller

It’s a Monday morning in the Midwood section of Brooklyn and my almost 2-year-old daughter and I have a...

Parenting Stories

My Kid’s Love/Hate Relationship with Hebrew School

By Melissa Henriquez

Every Sunday morning as I practically drag my 6-year old out of bed to go to Hebrew School, I’m reminded of...

Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids

Naming Our Past, Present & Future

By Craig Cohen

Quinn receiving her Hebrew name Giving your child a Hebrew name is a long-standing tradition in Judaism. Sometimes...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Extended Family, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

How Bedtime Stories Help Us Write a New Chapter of Jewish Tradition

By Shawna Gale

My parents, who are both Jewish, were married in the 1970s. In the year they took their vows, only 36 percent...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

What’s in a Name: My Favorite Torah Portion

By Anna Keller

My middle name is Miriam. I am named after Mark, my mother’s brother who was killed at the young age of 39....

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

How To Do a Mitzvah

By Anna Keller

Helen in front of the neighborhood bakery In the local stores in my neighborhood it seems that everyone is pushing...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Now What?

By Craig Cohen

You just spent several hours or days in the hospital giving birth to your child or, in our case, several months...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Parenting Stories

The Lone Muslim at Passover Camp

By Rameez Abbas

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

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