It’s Time to Stop Encouraging In-marriage
There are many in the Jewish community, including Steven M. Cohen in his recent response in The Forward’s Seesaw...
This Mother’s Day Let’s Honor Grandmothers of Jewish Kids Who Aren’t Themselves Jewish
There are usually two types of Jewish blogs written in connection with Mother’s Day:
1. Those that focus on...
Where is Your 3rd Space?
I spend a lot of time at Starbucks. All different Starbucks locations. Lately, I have been seeing signs about...
Family, Professional Development, Professionals, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
Embracing Our Differences
The following is a sermon I gave at Saint Elisabeth’s Church in Glencoe, Illinois, on February 22.
Rev. Daphne...
Blessings, Clergy, God, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals, Religion
Three Terms I Hope Not to Hear in the New Year
As the new year approaches, I’ve been thinking back over the past year—particularly about certain terms I’ve...
Advocacy, Clergy, Identity, Professional Development, Religion
Five Observations
Below are five observations from working with interfaith families that may get our hearts racing and hopefully...
Clergy, Culture, Identity, Professional Development, Religion
An Inclusive Holiday Wish
My Facebook feed tends to get filled with rabbis and other Jewish professionals’ lives. This is the circle I...
Sukkot Reminds Us to Treat All Visitors as Honored Guests
This blog post was reprinted with permission from j., the Jewish news weekly of Northern California.
I...
Interfaith Language Sensitivity
We here at 18Doors believe, like the rabbis of old, that language is extremely important. The rabbis of the...
How Does Your Synagogue Handle Candle Lighting with Interfaith Families?
Our staff around the country worked together on this project to gather information about the ritual policies...
Converts Not Necessarily Wanted – An Open Letter to Arnold Eisen
Chancellor Eisen,
I just read your article in the Wall Street Journal, Wanted: Converts to Judaism, in which...
What Makes Judaism Distinct
The 18Doors Chicago Innovation Hub helped facilitate a class for grandparents about passing on their values...
Rabbi Ari Moffic’s Sermon on Today’s Judaism
The following is my sermon given on March 7, 2014 at Temple Beth El in Munster, IN.
The weekly Torah portions...
Professional Development, Professionals, Religion, Religious Life, Resources, Synagogue
The Choosing People
On Yom Kippur in 2013, Rabbi Rachel Saphire of Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA, gave an inspiring sermon....
Clergy, High Holy Days, Identity, Professional Development, Professionals Stories
An Interfaith Family’s Bar Mitzvah
I recently had the honor of working with an interfaith family as their son, Jonah, prepared for his Bar Mitzvah....
Five Things People Assume When Your Spouse/Partner Isn’t Jewish
Whenever we meet someone new, I always worry about the reaction they will have when I tell them that my husband...
What Our Surveys Say About What Attracts Interfaith Families to Jewish Organizations
There is a great deal of concern in the Jewish world about the degree to which interfaith families are engaged...
Recommendations for Creating a Welcoming Policy Document
Each synagogue is different in terms of boundaries and limitations on the participation of those who are not...
Pride in Welcoming the Stranger
For some, June is known as Pride Month.” The Stonewall Riots in New York City’s Greenwich Village,...
With an Outstretched Arm
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April 18, 2011
In the Haggadah, the text that guides us through the Passover seder meal and accompanying...
Recommendations for Creating a Welcoming Website
Word of mouth publicity is no longer sufficient in the age of hyper connectivity to spread the message of...
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