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I Used To think Jews Should Marry Jews, Now I Officiate Interfaith Weddings

By Rabbi Michael Satz

My journey to becoming a rabbi who officiates interfaith marriages wasn’t straightforward, and early in my...

Clergy, Clergy Weddings, Officiation, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

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Clergy, Jewish Professionals, Professional Development, Professionals

“American Birthright” Misses the Mark

By Molly Kazin Marshall

Becky Tahel Ben David’s documentary American Birthright, which centers around interfaith marriage, has been...

Pop Culture, Professional Development

Largest Group of Respondents from Jews of Color Initiative Study Are Interfaith Families

By Tema Smith

If you’re anything like me, the news that the Jews of Color Initiative commissioned a landmark study exploring...

Advocacy, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Professional Development

How to Make Your Website Interfaith Family-Friendly

By Tema Smith

Your website is the welcome mat for your community. It is often the first glimpse of your organization that...

Professional Development

The Missing 2020 Pew Study Headlines

By Tema Smith

Imagine if we read the data differently… The Pew Research Center’s new study, “Jewish Americans in 2020,”...

Advocacy, News, Professional Development

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Engaging Interfaith Families for the High Holy Days: A Checklist for an Inclusive Synagogue Experience

By Tema Smith

This is the perfect inclusive synagogue checklist to read through for the High Holy Days. The High Holy...

Professional Development, Professionals, Resources

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Conference Speakers

By 18Doors

18Doors’ network of educators are available for your next conference. Contact our Professional Development...

Clergy, Professional Development

Interfaith Inclusive Language: A Glossary and Discussion Guide

By 18Doors

This glossary is designed to spark conversation in your organization about interfaith inclusive language. There...

Clergy, Digital Learning, Professional Development, Training

What Does Pro-Choice Have to Do with Interfaith Marriage?

By Stacie Garnett-Cook

Note: This was written in 2019. I worked in the pro-choice movement for eight years before coming to 18Doors....

Advocacy, Professional Development

Michael Chabon Didn’t Go Too Far

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission. Noted author Michael...

Advocacy, News, Professional Development

Jews Like Me

By Aimee Ellis

At Jewish summer camp (Camp Tawonga, to be specific), I felt a little different than the other campers. I wasn’t...

Camp, Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories, Religion

Resolutions Your Synagogue Can Make This Rosh Hashanah

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Just like the approach of the secular new year, the approach of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is...

Clergy, Professional Development, Synagogue

Why I Changed My Mind

By Rabbi Arthur P. Nemitoff

It was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make as a rabbi. To say no to my sister, who was getting married....

Clergy, Clergy Weddings, Co-officiation, Officiation, Professional Development, Professionals Stories, Weddings

How Audacious Will Our Hospitality to Interfaith Families Be?

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared eJewishPhilanthropy and also appears on www.edumundcase.com and is...

Professional Development

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Proud to be LGBTQI and Interfaith

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Rabbi Mychal Copeland served as director of 18Doors/Bay Area until June, 2017 and is now the rabbi at Sha’ar...

Identity, LGBTQ, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

Let’s Stop Using the Word “Problem” When Talking About Interfaith Marriage

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Recently I read two thought-provoking articles in the Jewish press: Rabbi Elliot Cosgove’s article in the New...

Professional Development

The Conversations We Should be Having

By Rabbi Richard Address

…with Grandparents with Grandchildren of Interfaith Marriages In my travels to congregations and Jewish organizations...

Clergy, Grandparents, Professional Development

The Sacred Goal of Interfaith Family Inclusion

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

I recently got introduced to a children’s book called Zero by Kathryn Otoshi. It’s a book aimed at preschoolers,...

Books, LGBTQ, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

Change Afoot in the More “Conservative” Communities

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission It’s been quiet...

Professional Development

The Tree Strikes a Chord Like No Other

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

Recently, my colleague in Los Angles posted a question that piqued my interest on her personal Facebook page:...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories, Religion

Interview: The December Holidays From A Christian Perspective

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

While 18Doors is a Jewish organization, we naturally work with individuals and clergy of other faiths and often...

Clergy, Clergy Weddings, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Officiation, Professional Development, Religion

Why We Should Come Out as Interfaith Professionals on College Campuses

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Last month, I sat with 25 people who gathered over breakfast to talk about being part of interfaith families....

Professional Development

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Start by Dropping the ‘Non-Jew’

By Lindsey Silken

This article was cross-posted on HuffingtonPost.com. As the editorial director at an organization that works...

Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories

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