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Parenting

Charity Begins At Home, Part 2

By Jane Larkin

My son helping to pack snack boxes at the North Texas Food Bank in January. Last night, my family watched NFL...

Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories

From Generation to Generation (or why my New England children are Broncos fans)

By Jessie Boatright

The Fateful 2016 AFC Championship Game Every team’s victory is another team’s defeat, and the stakes were high...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

My Hamsa Started the Interfaith Conversation with My Daughter

By Courtney Naliboff

Flying makes me nervous. It never used to, but a few years ago on a bumpy trip back from England, I lost my...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

young girl

When Your Kids Ask About Your Boyfriend’s Faith

By Amy Beth Starr

Everett, Amy & Roxy If you’re a parent, there’s always those questions you know your kids are going to ask...

Divorce, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories

I’m Trying to Figure Out How to Raise a Jewish Kid as a Woman Who is Not Jewish

By Elizabeth Raphael

This article was reprinted with permission from Kveller.com, a fast-growing, award-winning website for parents...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Owning Shabbat (Part 1)

By Jessie Boatright

A few of the girls’ creations This week, Ruthie came home from Sunday School with Shabbat.  In a...

Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter

By Elizabeth Freid Vocke

Mirabelle at JCC pre-school This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays...

Parenting, Religious Life, Synagogue

Getting Most of the Words Right

By Laurel Snyder

This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org  I have never suggested to my Catholic-born husband that...

Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories

The Imbalance of a Working Mom

By Rabbi Keara Stein

“Mama! Mama!” “Hold on sweetheart, mama needs to send an email.” “Mama, book!” “One minute baby, I really need...

New Parents, Parenting, Parenting Tips and Advice, Young Kids

Traditions are Languages, Too

By Emily Mace

Traditions are languages, too. Or at least, this is what my six-year-old daughter Laurel would have me believe....

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

kids on halloween

Give Your Kids Something Jewish to Scream About This Halloween

By Jane Larkin

The Witch of Endor What do a disappearing groom, a witch in a milk bottle, a demon that writes Mezzuzot, and...

Parenting

little boys playing in water

Resolving to Practice Tashlich

By Jessie Boatright

Tashlich, the Jewish New Year practice of symbolically casting our sins off into the water, was not something...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Do Today’s Women Understand What/Who Came Before Us?

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Anita Hill and Letty Cottin Pogrebin. Photo by Zanefa Walsh The first week of September I was privileged to...

God, New Parents, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Education

parent and child

Celebrating Holidays as Interfaith Co-Parents

By Rebecca Silver

I never know exactly what people mean when they say that a separation is “amicable.” I’m still not sure....

Co-Parenting, Divorce, Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Relationships

Learning to Think Ahead about Holidays

By Emily Mace

One of the biggest challenges for me as an interfaith spouse and parent has been learning to think ahead about...

High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting, Young Kids

#100TrueSleepers: What it means to number our days as a family

By Jessie Boatright

Scenes from #100TrueSleepers In mid-April, I joined an army of Instagramers around the world on a journey called...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

An Apology to My Child

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

It was 2:56 AM when I heard, “Mooooomy…I NEED you…” When I went into my 6-year-old’s...

Parenting, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Can Sports Unite the Jewish People?

By Jane Larkin

This past week, the JCC Maccabi Games were played in my city, Dallas. Dallas was one of three cities hosting...

Parenting, Religion

An Apology to My Child

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

Our children are our teachers too It was 2:56 AM when I heard, “Mooooomy…I NEED you…”...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Judaism through Food and Crafts

By Emily Mace

Recently, my family and I attended a “Sunday in the Park with Bagels” event sponsored by Big Tent Judaism, which...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Unplug while on a camping trip

Airplane Mode, or How to Start Working on Your High Holiday Resolutions Early

By Jessie Boatright

One of many breathtaking views from New Mexico This is a post about the High Holidays resolutions. I know, you’re...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories

Jake Chooses Love and We Choose Jake

By Rebecca Redner

Meet Jake: He’s a student at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education.  After more than two years of studying, Jake...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Teenagers

Anything Can Happen When You Win a Free Wedding!

By Emily Golomb

“I am excited to let you know that you and Jose have been selected as the winners for the wedding at the...

Parenting, Parenting Stories

Services and the Summertime Quiet

By Emily Mace

This past week, my family stumbled late into the pizza dinner before one of our local congregation’s children’s...

Parenting, Young Kids

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