Religious Education Archives

Going Virtual Has Completely Changed My Relationship With Judaism

By Kristin Eriko Posner

When I was first asked to write about how Jewish ritual has changed for me during these last challenging,...

Identity, Religion, Religious Education, Shabbat, Shabbat Rituals, Spirituality

Finding My Place in the Preschool Jew Crew: Parenting with Interfaith Blinders

By Emily Silberman

I’d like to say that my Jewish husband, Ryan, and I had a plan when we started our family—Jewish preschool for...

Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

How Will Our Kids Understand the Past?

By Anna Keller

In the fifth grade, after I got thrown out of Yeshiva (a Jewish school), I went to a private school in Brooklyn...

Holocaust, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Top 5 Things to Know About Jewish Day Camp

By Lindsey Silken

By Lindsey Silken & Jenni Zeftel You’re starting to think about summertime and what on earth you’re going...

Camp, Parenting Tips and Advice, Religious Education

My Kid’s Love/Hate Relationship with Hebrew School

By Melissa Henriquez

Every Sunday morning as I practically drag my 6-year old out of bed to go to Hebrew School, I’m reminded of...

Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids

Does Religion Dictate Where We Send our Daughter to Preschool?

By Sarah Rizzo

I grew up in the same town where I currently reside. I remember going to high school with only a handful of...

Parenting, Religious Education

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

Starting Religious School and Keeping Promises

By Emily Mace

In my previous blog post, I wrote about why choosing love did not mean choosing conversion for me; but for...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Teaching Jewish Values to Your Children

By Rabbi Lev Baesh

According to the Talmud (the fourth-century rabbinic legal code), parents are required to teach their children...

Parenting, Religious Education

My Daughter Is Super Proud of Her Jewish Identity & It’s Amazing to Watch

By Lindsey Goldstein

The other day my daughter said to me, “Mommy, you’re not the most special person in this family.” It was a pointed...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids

How To Teach Love in an Unhappy World

By Anna Keller

Recently I had an article published on a Jewish site about a dream I had. It was a political piece, and during...

Love, Professional Development Toolbox, Religious Education

My Husband: The Jewish Parent (Who Isn’t Jewish)

By Jane Larkin

The email had arrived a week before I was to travel to Houston to speak to a congregation about interfaith marriage...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Back to Synagogue

By Jessie Boatright

Ruthie and one of our Temple buddies during a special visit this summer in Maine This past year was our first...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

8 Reasons to Tune in Shaboom!

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

I have had the pleasure of watching Shaboom!, the new video series that BimBam Productions has created. InterfaithFamily/Chicago...

Parenting, Religious Education

Sending My Daughter to Jewish Preschool Reconnected Me with My Roots

By Rebecca Rolland

My daughter Sophie will be 3 this November. My husband Philippe and I have decided to let her start half-day...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Parenting Toolbox, Religious Education, Young Kids

In Defense of Mother’s Day

By Jessie Boatright

My Mom and I on one of our many adventures Mother’s Day is coming, in case you haven’t stepped foot in a commercial...

Camp, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting, Religious Education

Does Spirituality Have to Mean God?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

Last week, my son started wondering about the edge of the universe. What is at the end? Is there an end? What...

Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids

From Generation to Generation (or why my New England children are Broncos fans)

By Jessie Boatright

The Fateful 2016 AFC Championship Game Every team’s victory is another team’s defeat, and the stakes were high...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

3 Tips for Teachers During the Holidays

By Stefani Wiemann

By Stefani Wiemann Stefanie and her family The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music plays in restaurants,...

Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Tips and Advice, Religious Education

Owning Shabbat (Part 1)

By Jessie Boatright

A few of the girls’ creations This week, Ruthie came home from Sunday School with Shabbat. In a...

Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Religious Education

Do Today’s Women Understand What/Who Came Before Us?

By Rabbi Jillian Cameron

Anita Hill and Letty Cottin Pogrebin. Photo by Zanefa Walsh The first week of September I was privileged to...

God, New Parents, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Education

Jake Chooses Love and We Choose Jake

By Rebecca Redner

Meet Jake: He’s a student at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education. After more than two years of studying, Jake...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Teenagers

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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