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By 18Doors

Parenting young kids is full of pitfalls where we can get stuck on the difficulties of the day-to-day of meeting...

New Parents, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Parenting Tips and Advice

How a Catholic School Girl Ended Up With Five Bar Mitzvah Boys

By Melanie Grossman

If anyone would have told me when I was 17 that someday I would be in an interfaith marriage and have five...

Grandparents, Parenting, Relationships

What To Do in December: Parents Edition

By 18Doors

Parents in interfaith families often come to us with questions about celebrating the December holidays. Visit...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Tips and Advice

The Insanity of Packing My Daughter’s Perfect Jewish Mexican Lunch

By Anna Keller

I learned the word for bread in English first. The soft syllable already begging for butter,...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

TaRessa Stovall Talks About Being Mixed Race & How We Can All Create Change

By Tani Prell

I had the honor of participating in an event that 18Doors co-sponsored with Be’chol Lashon for Loving Day (watch...

Advocacy, Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting

What Does Jewish Identity Look Like in Your Home?

By 18Doors

We recently asked parents and grandparents to weigh in about what’s important to you about raising your kids/grandkids...

Grandparents, Identity, Parenting

How to Navigate Different Sets of Rules with Parents and Grandparents

By Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

Kids love consistency; they rely on it and thrive with it.   So what happens...

Extended Family, Family, Grandparent Advice, Grandparents, Parenting, Parenting Adult Children, Parenting Tips and Advice

Converting to Judaism and Telling My Catholic Family

By Joe Grasso

Things seemed to be working out great for my wife and me as an interfaith family:...

Conversion, Family, Identity, Parenting, Relationships, Religion

How to Cook Online with Friends and Family

By Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

I recently heard someone refer to the early days of spring 2020 as the “banana bread phase” of the pandemic....

Grandparent Advice, Grandparents, High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Holiday Cooking, Parenting, Relationships

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A Jewish Ukrainian Catholic Family’s Pandemic Bris

By Renata Breytman Kersus

An interfaith brit milah (bris) in a pandemic… sounds doable, right?  Except for...

Babies, Baby Planning, Birth Ceremony, Bris, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting, Parenting Stories

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6 Activities for Tu Bishvat With Kids

By Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

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

As Our World Implodes, I Bake Challah

By Anna Keller

Last week I had 6 dollars and 97 cents in my checking account. And I’m not so worried. To me, money isn’t...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Eight Nights of Giving: Kids Edition

By Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

While December is the season when kids get excited about presents, it’s also a perfect time to teach them the...

Hanukkah, Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah

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Our Hanukkah Fight Wasn’t Really About What We Teach Our Kids

By Anna Keller

I took a seat at my computer while the girls were doing crafts in the kitchen and the baby was toddling around...

Hanukkah, Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories, Relationship Challenges, Relationships

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What The Jewish New Year Looks Like In Brooklyn

By Anna Keller

While my family passed those first few lonely months in quarantine together in Brooklyn, the pandemic’s...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Rorri Geller Mohamed and family

This Mom of an Interracial, Dual-Faith Family Has the Advice & Support We Need

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Rorri Geller-Mohamed, LCSW, is a family therapist and parent coach who specializes in working with multiracial...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Tips & Advice, Race, Young Kids

Alma and Mathias

Quarantined in Brooklyn, Surrounded by Faith

By Anna Keller

I dress for Whole Foods like someone dressing for war, or like someone with an acute fear of dying. Maybe I’m...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

My Daughter’s Best Friend is the Best Gift

By Anna Keller

I grew up 1.6 miles away from my Grandma Rosie in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. We lived in Midwood, and...

Grandparents, High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Truth: Motherhood is Lonely

By Anna Keller

When Helen was born, she was the first and I feared I would never leave the house again. I remember Adrian leaving...

Babies, High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories

I Started Doing Shabbat and I Can’t Stop

By Anna Keller

My apartment has become a secret cave of imagination. Sometimes it is the park where Peppa Pig plays with her...

Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Shabbat

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Finding My Place in the Preschool Jew Crew: Parenting with Interfaith Blinders

By Emily Silberman

I’d like to say that my Jewish husband, Ryan, and I had a plan when we started our family—Jewish preschool...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

How Will We Answer Their More-Than-Four Questions?

By Anna Keller

Passover used to be my favorite holiday. I suppose it still is although, now that I have an interfaith family,...

Parenting, Passover

I Want My Kids to Feel “Jewish Enough”

By Anna Keller

How did this happen? How did almost three-and-a-half years go by? Wasn’t I just in the delivery room waiting...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Motherhood: Am I Doing it Right?

By Anna Keller

I’m not sure how I’m doing as a mother. I mean, all self-criticism aside, I’m trying to take a step back, have...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

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