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tani's wedding

Loving My Mixed Self

By Tani Prell

What does Loving Day mean to me? The simpler answer may actually be what it doesn’t.   My racial identity and my...

Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Multiracial, Race

Feeling Unheard as a Jewish, Queer Asian Woman

By Carmel Tanaka

Being a Jewish queer Asian woman is more emotional labor than I have the spoons for right now. It’s Pittsburgh, Orlando and...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Jews of Color, LGBTQ, Multiracial, Race

books

What We’re Reading & Watching About Anti-Black Racism

By Tema Smith

Like many organizations in the Jewish community, the team at 18Doors has been spending a lot of time discussing...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Race

Rorri Geller Mohamed and family

This Mom of an Interracial, Dual-Faith Family Has the Advice & Support We Need

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Rorri Geller-Mohamed, LCSW, is a family therapist and parent coach who specializes in working with multiracial...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Tips & Advice, Race, Young Kids

kristin's bat mitzvah

How I Came to Embrace My Important Role in Judaism

By Kristin Eriko Posner

On Saturday, March 10th, 2018, in front of my family and community, I became a bat mitzvah at 33. The service...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Conversion, Identity, Jews of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Synagogue

Floral chuppah

Finding Co-Officiants: A Multi-Step Process

By Laura Drescher

Our first hurdle in planning an interfaith wedding (other than the insanity of touring and booking a venue)...

Culture, Family, Identity, Race, Religion

How Jewish Do I Need to Be…If I’m Not Actually Jewish?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

I met Jeremy and Lisa at a coffee shop to plan their upcoming wedding. We had covered most of the usual pre-ceremony...

Identity, Race, Religion

Kelly and Courtney

Our Most Important Difference

By Kelly Banker

I had been living at Moishe Kavod House (a home-based Jewish community for young adults) for about a month...

Dating, Identity, Multiracial, Race, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Religion

Jewish Genes: Are They in Our DNA or in Our Stories?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Where are you from? It seems an innocent enough question. But as our families become more and more diverse,...

Identity, Parenting, Race, Religion

Wade in the Water at Mayyim Hayyim

By April Baskin

Well, I went to the water one day to pray. And my soul got happy and I stayed all day. [Don’t you know...

Blessings, Conversion, Identity, Mikveh, Race, Religion

Finding a Rabbi for Two

By Ryan Mount

Lisa and I attending the New Members Dinner at Temple Sholom A question that all soon-to-be married couples...

Family, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Synagogue

Eyes on the Prize

By Joshua Troderman

I love when my kids come home from school with inspirational materials. This week, with MLK day on everyone’s...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Race

Yes You Can Be Black AND Jewish

By Debbie Popiel White

981 July 2, 2010 I’m a lucky parent. I have three magnificent children: two born biologically to...

Multiracial, Parenting, Race

Privilege

By Ruth Abrams

Robin Margolis, an activist for children of interfaith marriage in the Jewish community who has written for...

Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Race

The Jews of Iquitos

By Ruth Abrams

We have a constant editorial dilemma chosing articles for InterfaithFamily.com. Converts to Judaism are part...

Conversion, Culture, Identity, Race, Religion

A Great Moment to Reflect

By Ruth Abrams

Here at InterfaithFamily.com, one of our missions is to encourage the Jewish community to be welcoming to people...

Identity, Race

Double Happiness: Parenting a Jewish Teen

By Hedi Molnar

Born in China, daughter to a second-generation Holocaust survivor and an Italian-American Catholic father: Who...

Identity, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Race

Pizza, Noodles and Latkes

By Hedi Molnar

What am I? Small eyes… dark hair…. I look like my father. When I went to China to adopt each of...

Identity, Jews of Color, Multicultural Food, Multiracial, Race

black musicians

Kosher Gospel Rocks the House at Seder Celebrating Jewish Diversity

By Chanan Tigay

25 This article is reprinted with permission of JTA. Visit JTA.org. NEW YORK, April 14 (JTA)–Fifty...

Passover, Race

Being “Both”: Claiming Dual Identity as a Biracial Jew

By Lisa W. Rosenberg

519 Originally published June 6, 2006. Republished February 27, 2013. I am a ballet dancer turned psychotherapist....

Identity, Race

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