Parenting

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

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

By Tani Prell

Earlier this month, 18Doors co-sponsored Be’chol Lashon’s Loving Day Kabbalat Shabbat (watch the recording...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As Our World Implodes, I Bake Challah

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

Eight Nights of Giving: Kids Edition

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

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

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

What The Jewish New Year Looks Like In Brooklyn

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

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

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

Quarantined in Brooklyn, Surrounded by Faith

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

My Daughter’s Best Friend is the Best Gift

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

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

Truth: Motherhood is Lonely

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

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

I Started Doing Shabbat and I Can’t Stop

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

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

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 for...

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

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”

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

Motherhood: Am I Doing it Right?

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...

How Will Our Kids Understand the Past?