From my conversion to our Japanese and Jewish wedding to my bat mitzvah at 33, I’ve been fortunate to have celebrated...
On August 3 my Uncle Jeff, my father’s brother, turned 90 years old. I received a call from my cousin in Canada,...
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur–aren’t exactly tailor-made for kids. The truth is, it is a very adult-focused...
Often couples of the same faith join a religious community together after getting married. As an interfaith...
There’s a saying attributed to the French philosopher La Rochefoucauld. “The more things change, the more...
On Saturday, March 10th, 2018, in front of my family and community, I became a bat mitzvah at 33. The service...
This Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a season of repentance in preparing...
Ever hear someone use a Jewish greeting and aren’t sure what it means or how to respond? Happy and sad lifecycle...
Here’s a quick run-down of the Jewish holidays with need-to-know information on each. A word on...
“The organized Jewish community is nothing more than the mean girls from high school.”
What?! I think I literally...
OK, I’ll come clean: I wasn’t expecting to meet my wife on Tinder.
I’m not some app-phobic, anti-technology...
At Jewish summer camp (Camp Tawonga, to be specific), I felt a little different than the other campers. I wasn’t...
It is a sunny spring Sunday in Sacramento. As has been our custom for the last twelve years, my wife...
By Elizabeth Vocke
A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are...
“Meet Robyn,” my friend, who is Jewish, said with a smile as she introduced me to her Christian daughter-in-law....
I recently joined a Facebook group that InterfaithFamily started to connect couples planning interfaith weddings...
“We’re not doing this!” Andy was visibly upset. “I won’t do it!”
It was a year into our relationship and we...
After my latest blog post on finding officiants for our Jewish-Catholic interfaith wedding, I got questions...
We each have our own story about when we saw, held or heard our children for the first time and we all arrived...
Our first hurdle in planning an interfaith wedding (other than the insanity of touring and booking a venue)...
In a class I teach to engaged and recently married young couples, I talk about the importance of finding time...
A Reform rabbi, a Conservative rabbi and a 17-year-old Orthodox Yeshiva student sit down to eat Shabbat dinner…...
As a Catholic teen and young adult, I never imagined I would be planning an interfaith wedding. Even though...
Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...
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