How to Rebuild on Yom Kippur
What it means to rebuild on Yom Kippur…
A few weeks ago my family had a hard day. It seemed that both...
Charting a New Course
We live in a world filled with hate. It seems as each new day dawns, we are reminded of this very concept....
A Jew-by-Choice’s Perspective on Her Teenage Daughter’s Interdating
543August, 2005
What if my daughter started dating somebody who wasn’t Jewish? How should I react?...
And A Child Shall Nag Them Into It
127August, 2008
“I want us to have a Christmas tree,” my 4-and-a-half year old announced one...
Advice for Assimilated Family Reunions
By Dr. Ruth NemzoffQ: I am having a family reunion. Half of the youngest generation has married people of...
Three Jewish Values to Teach Your Kids
Ah, yes, it’s summer at last. Time, maybe, to wind down a little bit and contemplate some bigger-picture lessons...
Does Religion Dictate Where We Send our Daughter to Preschool?
I grew up in the same town where I currently reside. I remember going to high school with only a handful of...
How Bedtime Stories Help Us Write a New Chapter of Jewish Tradition
My parents, who are both Jewish, were married in the 1970s. In the year they took their vows, only 36 percent...
My Son’s Interfaith Engagement
492June, 2001
“I am getting married” my son Jordan said nonchalantly as he walked by the door...
How To Do a Mitzvah
Helen in front of the neighborhood bakery
In the local stores in my neighborhood it seems that everyone is pushing...
Meeting the Parents of Your Jewish Daughter’s Catholic Fiance
404May, 2000
Prior to Taryn’s meeting Sean, we all were sure she would marry someone Jewish. She...
Leading the Way Through Unfamiliar Terrain: The Bar Mitzvah Year
291May, 2006
Raising a child in a religion other than the one you grew up in is all about leading the...
Three Denominations Under One Roof
A Reform rabbi, a Conservative rabbi and a 17-year-old Orthodox Yeshiva student sit down to eat Shabbat dinner…...
Mom: What is Your Religion?
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
Our Son’s Naming Ceremony
392April, 2001
Being pregnant was an overwhelming joy. As first time parents, Eric and I took the requisite...
The Religious Identity of an Interfaith Home is a Journey, Not a Destination
Up until recently, I thought the hardest part of navigating life as an interfaith family was determining the...
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
Our Gay, Interfaith Family’s Surprising Synagogue-Shopping Experience
By Liat Katz“A Y A M,” She writes.
“Um, Maya, I think you wrote your name backwards,” I respond.
“Nope, it’s...
LGBTQ, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
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
You’re Raising Them What? Telling Your Parents You are Raising Jewish Kids
559March, 2000You never think of these things before you’re married. I mean, c’mon, why...
Having a Yahrzeit For My Lutheran Dad
I formally converted to Judaism one month after I lost my father and two weeks before getting married.
I hadn’t...
Starting Religious School and Keeping Promises
In my previous blog post, I wrote about why choosing love did not mean choosing conversion for me; but for...
How to Talk to Your Kids about Interfaith Dating: For Those Married to Jews or in Interfaith Marriages
182February, 2000
There’s a book written by a leading Conservative Rabbi, Alan Silverstein, titled...
Is Every Value a Jewish Value?
127February, 2006
My husband, Scott, is African-American and Christian. I am Jewish.
Our two sons are...
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