Can I Have Shrimp Cocktails at My Jewish Wedding?
It can be surprisingly hard to figure out what to do about keeping kosher at your wedding. Especially if one...
The Eco-Friendly, Queer Wedding of My Dreams
I’ve always known I wanted a Jewish wedding. I choose to live a Jewish life every day, and falling in love...
LGBTQ, Love and Marriage, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Wedding Recap, Wedding Stories, Weddings
How a Catholic School Girl Ended Up With Five Bar Mitzvah Boys
If anyone would have told me when I was 17 that someday I would be in an interfaith marriage and have five...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Takes On Interfaith Love
It’s no secret that one of the reasons so many of us are glued to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is for the Jewish...
Engagement, Extended Family, Family, Identity, Love, Love and Marriage, Pop Culture, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Becoming Jewish After 13 Years and Three Attempts
My path to Judaism took 13 years. And while I ended up marrying the first Jewish person I ever met (my now-husband...
Conversion, Identity, Jew by Choice, Marriage, Relationships
Love Changed My Insecurities About Religion & Cerebral Palsy
For much of my life, I found it hard to fit in. Born a triplet with Cerebral Palsy (CP), and raised in an interfaith...
Molly and Evan’s Second Pandemic Wedding
You might remember last year when my now-husband and I decided to postpone our wedding because of COVID, or...
Love and Marriage, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Kindness is Paramount in Our Interfaith, Interracial Relationship
One of the questions David asked me on our first date was, “Are you looking for someone Jewish?” He didn’t...
Why I Shouldn’t Have Kept Services From My Husband
Yom Kippur two years ago was the first time my husband Andy joined me at our local Chabad for...
High Holy Days, Love and Marriage, Marriage, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Yom Kippur
Converting to Judaism and Telling My Catholic Family
Things seemed to be working out great for my wife and me as an interfaith family:...
Conversion, Family, Identity, Parenting, Relationships, Religion
How to Cook Online with Friends and Family
I recently heard someone refer to the early days of spring 2020 as the “banana bread phase” of the pandemic....
Grandparent Advice, Grandparents, High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Holiday Cooking, Parenting, Relationships
My Interfaith & Immigrant Family’s First-Ever Passover Seder
“They tried to kill us.
We won.
Let’s eat.”
That’s my family’s mantra for...
Conversation Starters for Passover and Easter
How do we effectively communicate about the holidays of Passover and Easter as interfaith couples? Read on...
Easter, Marriage Tips, Newlywed, Passover, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Should He Wear a Yarmulke?
I don’t know why a simple question became such a significant issue. The...
Jewish Catholic Relationships, Marriage, Newlywed, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Living Our True Selves: Queer, Interfaith and in Love
I don’t remember all of the lessons my mother tried to teach me as a child; let’s be honest, most of us don’t....
Dating, Identity, LGBTQ, Relationship Challenges, Relationship Successes, Relationships
How to Celebrate Shabbat at Home With Your Partner
Imagine looking forward to Fridays, not only because it’s the start of the weekend, but because you can make...
Conversation Starters About Values for Interfaith Couples
Everyone has their own set of values. They might come from your religion, culture, family or from someplace...
Interfaith Relationship Goals for the New Year
Now is the perfect time to set goals in your interfaith relationship. Maybe you’re hoping to try new foods...
Conversation Starters: How to Raise Future Kids Religiously
If you and your partner from another faith are thinking about having kids, deciding how to raise them religiously,...
5 Conversation Starters about Family Food Culture
Coming from different religious backgrounds/cultures, you and your partner likely grew up eating...
Getting Married Without My Parents’ Blessing
All I heard growing up was: “You’re going to marry a nice, Jewish doctor when you’re older.” And I honestly...
Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings
5 Conversation Starters for Couples Before the High Holy Days
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, gives us an opportunity to reflect on the past year and look forward to...
5 Thanksgiving-Themed Conversation Starters for Couples
These five Thanksgiving conversation starters are designed to spark dialogue between you and your partner....
Our Hanukkah Fight Wasn’t Really About What We Teach Our Kids
I took a seat at my computer while the girls were doing crafts in the kitchen and the baby was toddling around...
Hanukkah, Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
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