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Converting to Judaism and Telling My Catholic Family

By Joe Grasso

Things seemed to be working out great for my wife and me as an interfaith family:...

Conversion, Family, Identity, Parenting, Relationships, Religion

Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

About the Hebrew Calendar and the Holidays we Celebrate Why are Jewish holidays always changing dates? Jewish...

Hanukkah, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Holidays Toolbox, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah, Tu Bishvat, Yom Kippur

What Happens to Ritual Between Marriage and Babies?

By Kristin Eriko Posner

From my conversion to our Japanese and Jewish wedding to my bat mitzvah at 33, I’ve been fortunate to have celebrated...

Baby Planning, Marriage, Newlywed, Religion, Spirituality

Image of two sets of feet wearing hiking boots and walking in the woods with the sun shining through the trees.

How Do We Bring Two Faiths into Our Everyday?

By Laura Drescher

Often couples of the same faith join a religious community together after getting married. As an interfaith...

Identity, Religion, Religious Life, Resources, Spirituality

Why These 5 Myths about Interfaith Families are Limiting Our Community

By Rabbi Evan Moffic

There’s a saying attributed to the French philosopher La Rochefoucauld. “The more things change, the more...

Family, Love and Marriage, Officiation, Religion, Synagogue

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

Jewish Greetings Cheat Sheet

By 18Doors

Ever hear someone use Jewish greetings and aren’t sure what it means or how to respond? Happy and sad lifecycle...

Hanukkah, Holiday Toolbox, Jewish Holidays, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Is the Jewish Community a Mean Girl?

By Rabbi Samantha Kahn

“The organized Jewish community is nothing more than the mean girls from high school.” What?! I think I literally...

Identity, Religion, Religious Life, Spirituality, Synagogue

Swipe Right for True Love

By Becky Sowemimo

OK, I’ll come clean: I wasn’t expecting to meet my wife on Tinder. I’m not some app-phobic, anti-technology...

Dating, Love, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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, Religion

Why I Am a Unitarian

By 18Doors

884 August, 2002 It is a sunny spring Sunday in Sacramento. As has been our custom for the last twelve...

Relationships, Religion

How Do We Talk About Hate as a Family?

By 18Doors

By Elizabeth Vocke A couple of weeks ago, as we were going to sleep, my husband said, “I’m sorry there are...

Blessings, Family, Marriage, Religion, Spirituality

I’m not an “Interfaith Rabbi”

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

“Meet Robyn,” my friend, who is Jewish, said with a smile as she introduced me to her Christian daughter-in-law....

Clergy, Identity, Religion

How Two Faiths Became One Family

By Laura Drescher

Zach making curried latkes for Hanukkah I recently joined a Facebook group that InterfaithFamily started to...

Christian Jewish Wedding, God, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

A Tale of Two Kitchens

By Nataliya Naydorf

“We’re not doing this!” Andy was visibly upset. “I won’t do it!” It was a year into our relationship and we...

Food, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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

Finding Shabbat When It Feels Like Shabbat is Nowhere to be Found

By Jane Larkin

In a class I teach to engaged and recently married young couples, I talk about the importance of finding time...

Blessings, Religion, Religious Life, Synagogue

Getting Married and Keeping Our Religions

By Laura Drescher

As a Catholic teen and young adult, I never imagined I would be planning an interfaith wedding. Even though...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Ketubah, Religion, Spirituality, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Mom: What is Your Religion?

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Being from an interfaith family has influenced my life in myriad ways, most especially in my choice to focus...

Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Parenting, Religion

Our Gay, Interfaith Family’s Surprising Synagogue-Shopping Experience

By Liat Katz

“A Y A M,” She writes. “Um, Maya, I think you wrote your name backwards,” I respond. “Nope, it’s just in Hebrew,”...

LGBTQ, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue

Hybrid Identity, Every Person Counts, Shifting Boundaries and Intermarriage on TV

By Edmund Case

This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission Rabbi Darren Kleinberg...

Culture, Identity, Religion

How Our Interfaith Ceremony Got Us Out of Writing Our Own Vows

By Michele Zipkin & Vanessa Williams

We’ll have to practice stepping on glasses in these shoes – and we’ll keep our fingers crossed...

Marriage, Newlywed, Other Holidays, 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

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, Religion, Spirituality

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