Our Son’s Naming Ceremony
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April, 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
“A Y A M,” She writes.
“Um, Maya, I think you wrote your name backwards,” I respond.
“Nope, it’s just in Hebrew,”...
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
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
There’s a book written by a leading Conservative Rabbi, Alan Silverstein, titled It All Begins With A...
Teaching Jewish Values to Your Children
According to the Talmud (the fourth-century rabbinic legal code), parents are required to teach their children...
Is Every Value a Jewish Value?
My husband, Scott, is African-American and Christian. I am Jewish.
Our two sons are African-American...
Celebrating a Holiday That’s Not My Own
It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m sitting in my car at 8 a.m. listening to a Jack Kornfield meditation talk called...
Make the Most of this Valentine’s Day
I have not posted here in a little while. In part, because the business of life has caught up with me, and,...
Please Stop Asking if My Daughter’s Boyfriend Is Jewish
My 22-year-old daughter is seriously involved with a wonderful guy. He’s smart, funny, kind, and they just...
Dating, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships
A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children
There has not been much guidance available for the Christian who has decided to help raise children as Jews....
My Daughter Is Super Proud of Her Jewish Identity & It’s Amazing to Watch
The other day my daughter said to me, “Mommy, you’re not the most special person in this family.” It was a pointed...
Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids
Hope For the Future
By Sam Goodman
We are sitting in the aftermath of a riveting, polarizing election. It has been all too easy...
Things Toddlers Say At Services
With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...
How to Pray with Two Faiths
Our family has had a hard few weeks. Every day we open the news to a different headline about hatred and anger....
Back to Synagogue
Ruthie and one of our Temple buddies during a special visit this summer in Maine
This past year was our first...
Beyond the Bagel: A Vegan Shabbat Dinner
My husband, Erik, and I recently attended “Love and Religion,” a workshop for interfaith couples who are exploring...
Can Kids (or Anyone) Learn Prayer Through Osmosis?
Osmosis is a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling. Sometimes we joke that you can’t learn something...
Why a Raisin Has Never Tasted So Good
I always spend some time as Rabbi in Residence at Camp Tawonga in California each summer, and it is always...
Listening to Christian Spirituals at the Jewish Cemetery
On my mom’s birthday last week, I left the house to go to the cemetery first thing. Being there, walking in...
Death & Mourning, Death & Mourning Stories, Mourning, Parenting
Key Ingredients for a Lasting Interfaith Marriage
When my husband and I first started dating I was what you might call a serial monogamist—I had a string of...
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