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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, Professional Development, Professionals Stories, Religion

Interview: The December Holidays From A Christian Perspective

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

While 18Doors is a Jewish organization, we naturally work with individuals and clergy of other faiths and often...

Clergy, Clergy Weddings, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Officiation, Professional Development, Religion

How to Pray with Two Faiths

By Anna Keller

Our family has had a hard few weeks. Every day we open the news to a different headline about hatred and anger....

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Spirituality

Why a Raisin Has Never Tasted So Good

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

I always spend some time as Rabbi in Residence at Camp Tawonga in California each summer, and it is always...

Camp, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality

Many Paths Up the Mountain

By Stacie Garnett-Cook

In college, I was a Jewish representative on the student Multi-Faith Council. I have always been fascinated...

Family, Marriage, Religion, Spirituality

Fielding Questions about the Wedding & Our Life Together

By Alexandra Scanlon

Alexandra with her parents and fiancé The decision to get married inevitably invites inquiry. How did you meet?...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Key Ingredients for a Lasting Interfaith Marriage

By Elizabeth Vocke

When my husband and I first started dating I was what you might call a serial monogamist—I had a string of...

Marriage, Marriage Tips, Parenting, Religion

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

I’m Sorry. Hineini (Here I Am).

By Rabbi Keara Stein

I need to apologize. I’ve been quiet. I’ve been in my isolated bubble of white-straight-privilege and been...

Clergy, Identity, Religion

Judaism Without Walls

By Jared David Berezin

Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania Why...

Dating, Identity, Relationships, Religion, Synagogue

Why I Waited for Interfaith Love

By Brianne Nadeau

It took me 20 years to find the love of my life. If you told me 10 years ago, or even 15 years ago that I’d...

Dating, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Love, Relationships, Religion

The End of One LGBT Journey is the Beginning of Another

By Gretchen Rachel Hammond

Throughout my life, I was a person in search of a religion to call my own. Born in the United Kingdom to a...

Conversion, Identity, Israel, LGBTQ, Religion

But You’re Not Really Jewish, Right?

By Anna Keller

“But you’re not really Jewish right?” This has been a question I have been asked since I was big enough to...

Babies, God, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships, Religion

See Me for Who I Am

By Stephanie Zulkoski

I am a lot of things in this diverse world. I am a female, a daughter, granddaughter, sister, fiancé, niece,...

Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

What Happens When A Jewish Man And Catholic Woman Meet Online

By Micah Sachs

When I was single, I spent a lot of time on OKCupid. But when I got Jean’s message, I’d never seen her profile...

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

Why I Go to Church

By Rabbi Sarah Tasman

You might find it hard to believe but I love going to church. I don’t go very often, but the times that I have...

Clergy, God, Identity, Religion

Will Jews Ever Normalize “Non-Jews” [a Term We Don’t Like to Use] and Marrying Them

By Edmund Case

I had a very interesting day yesterday. It started with a phone interview with a graduate student in journalism...

Growing Up Interfaith, Pop Culture, Religion

Charity Begins at Home

By Jane Larkin

Artotem-www.flickr.com-Flickr Photo Sharing Every day, I open the newspaper or listen to the news, and I am...

Denominations, Religion

The Real Story of Hanukkah

By Rabbi Sarah Tasman

In rabbinical school, I learned what you might call the “real” story of Hanukkah. I also learned about the “real”...

Hanukkah, Religion

The Mindful Bride

By Emily Golomb

Jose and I have recently incorporated a new practice into our lives to help prepare for our marriage. We have...

Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Can Sports Unite the Jewish People?

By Jane Larkin

This past week, the JCC Maccabi Games were played in my city, Dallas. Dallas was one of three cities hosting...

Parenting, Religion

When sacred text hurts others, how do we apologize?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

This essay was reprinted with permission from J. Weekly. Earlier this month I was the rabbi at the Fellowship...

Religion, Spirituality

The Message I Wish I Heard in Hebrew School

By Emily Waife

Emily (right) with her parents and sister I’m Emily, the summer intern at InterfaithFamily/Boston! I thought...

Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Religion, Religious Education

Her Tune, Her Way: Reflections on our First Year of Sunday School

By Jessie Boatright

Driving home from school the other day, Ruthie began singing “Ma Tovu” to herself in the back seat. She repeated...

Parenting, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue

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