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How Will Our Kids Understand the Past?

By Anna Keller

In the fifth grade, after I got thrown out of Yeshiva (a Jewish school), I went to a private school in Brooklyn...

Holocaust, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Hanukkah Feels Different This Year

By Sarah Rizzo

In this time of news stories that cover the prevalence of anti-Semitism, we as Jews respond with sadness, tinged...

Anti Semitism, Hanukkah, Parenting

Can We Be Happier Parents?

By Lindsey Silken

Author KJ Dell’Antonia with her daughter. Photo credit: Jessica Lahey I didn’t read any parenting books...

Camp, Parenting, Parenting Stories

How I Ended Up as a Brooklyn Tour Guide for a Day

By Anna Keller

On August 3 my Uncle Jeff, my father’s brother, turned 90 years old. I received a call from my cousin...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

How to Be a Kosher Vegan in an Interfaith Family

By Anna Keller

Almost two months ago I became a vegan. It’s a long story. I saw some crazy movies about meat and dairy, I...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories

Shabbat (with Kids) Cheat Sheet

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

If you’re new to Judaism or looking to learn how to share more Jewish practices with your family, Shabbat is...

Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Shabbat

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

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

We’re Interfaith: Now What Do I Tell My Sons about Dating?

By Aliza Walker

When I married my spouse who isn’t Jewish, I wanted nothing more to do with being Jewish. That was 21...

Dating, Parenting, Parenting Challenges

Why am I Jewish and Daddy Isn’t?

By Rachel Ross

My son, who is now two, doesn’t notice when his dad stumbles over the Hebrew words in the PJ...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges

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

Charting a New Course

By Craig Cohen

We live in a world filled with hate. It seems as each new day dawns, we are reminded of this very concept....

New Parents, Parenting

And A Child Shall Nag Them Into It

By Alina Adams

“I want us to have a Christmas tree,” my 4-and-a-half year old announced one day, full of that...

Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Jewish Holidays

How Do We Talk About Hate as a Family?

By Elizabeth Vocke

A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are people out there who...

Family, Parenting, Spirituality

Advice for Assimilated Family Reunions

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Q: I am having a family reunion. Half of the youngest generation has married people of other backgrounds. How...

Parenting

Three Jewish Values to Teach Your Kids

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Ah, yes, it’s summer at last. Time, maybe, to wind down a little bit and contemplate some bigger-picture lessons...

Parenting, Parenting Tips and Advice, Parenting Toolbox

Does Religion Dictate Where We Send our Daughter to Preschool?

By Sarah Rizzo

I grew up in the same town where I currently reside. I remember going to high school with only a handful of...

Parenting, Religious Education

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

My Son’s Interfaith Engagement

By Raquel Stabinski-Leib

“I am getting married” my son Jordan said nonchalantly as he walked by the door of my home office....

Engagement, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Parenting

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

Leading the Way Through Unfamiliar Terrain: The Bar Mitzvah Year

By Gina Hagler

291 May, 2006 Raising a child in a religion other than the one you grew up in is all about leading the...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting

Meeting the Parents of Your Jewish Daughter’s Catholic Fiance

By Deborah Feinblum Raub

Prior to Taryn’s meeting Sean, we all were sure she would marry someone Jewish. She was an interested...

Dating, Engagement, Marriage, Parenting, Weddings

Mom: What is Your Religion?

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...

Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Parenting, Religion

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