Why These 5 Myths about Interfaith Families are Limiting Our Community
There’s a saying attributed to the French philosopher La Rochefoucauld. “The more things change, the more...
How I Came to Embrace My Important Role in Judaism
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
How We Found the Right Synagogue for Us
Almost two years ago we started talking about joining a synagogue. We knew it was time to put our daughter in...
Synagogues and the Jewish Community
You’re in an interfaith relationship and considering joining a synagogue, but you’re not sure how...
Is the Jewish Community a Mean Girl?
“The organized Jewish community is nothing more than the mean girls from high school.”
What?! I think I literally...
Resolutions Your Synagogue Can Make This Rosh Hashanah
Just like the approach of the secular new year, the approach of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is...
Finding Shabbat When It Feels Like Shabbat is Nowhere to be Found
In a class I teach to engaged and recently married young couples, I talk about the importance of finding time...
Our Gay, Interfaith Family’s Surprising Synagogue-Shopping Experience
“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
How to Pick an Interfaith-Friendly Synagogue
When I asked my partner who is not Jewish if we could start visiting synagogues in hopes of finding a formal...
Things Toddlers Say At Services
With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...
Can Kids (or Anyone) Learn Prayer Through Osmosis?
Osmosis is a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling. Sometimes we joke that you can’t learn something...
Judaism Without Walls
Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania
Why...
Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter
Mirabelle at JCC pre-school
This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays...
Greeting Each Other at Shabbat Services
An Interfaith-Inclusive Reading for Clergy to Welcome a Congregation on Shabbat
Welcome to our synagogue on...
Her Tune, Her Way: Reflections on our First Year of Sunday School
Driving home from school the other day, Ruthie began singing “Ma Tovu” to herself in the back seat. She repeated...
Where is Your 3rd Space?
I spend a lot of time at Starbucks. All different Starbucks locations. Lately, I have been seeing signs about...
Family, Professional Development, Professionals, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
Who Gets to Criticize Your Religion?
I remember the day I introduced our kids to The Prince of Egypt. I loved this movie, and I was excited...
Blessings, Religion, Religious Life, Spirituality, Synagogue
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Last year, in the “Community Voices” section of my local paper there was a column written by a woman about the...
Judaism and Sabbath: Rules and Practices
You may have heard about a new program that we are starting up at InterfaithFamily/Bay Area called Meet Us at...
What is Your Synagogue’s Policy on Who Can Be a Member?
The national InterfaithFamily/Your Community staff and the directors of the InterfaithFamily/Your Community...
Say Yes to Interfaith Families
As the partner who is not Jewish, raising a Jewish family in the Chicago area, I have often felt like a guest...
Time to Junk Jewish Jargon?
You’re at a social or family gathering when someone starts throwing around a bunch of Jewish gobblygook you...
The Temple Where I “Grew Up”
The other day I saw a rabbi I know post a YouTube link to one of my favorite versions of the prayer, Hashkiveinu....
What is Your Synagogue’s Policy on Opening the Ark?
October 15, 2014
18Doors staff worked together to gather information about the ritual policies of synagogues...
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