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Synagogue

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

kristin's bat mitzvah

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

How We Found the Right Synagogue for Us

By Elizabeth Vocke

Almost two years ago we started talking about joining a synagogue. We knew it was time to put our daughter in...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Synagogue

Synagogues and the Jewish Community

By 18Doors

You’re in an interfaith relationship and considering joining a synagogue, but you’re not sure how...

Synagogue

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

Resolutions Your Synagogue Can Make This Rosh Hashanah

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Just like the approach of the secular new year, the approach of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is...

Clergy, Professional Development, Synagogue

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

synagogue darkest

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

How to Pick an Interfaith-Friendly Synagogue

By Jordyn Rozensky

When I asked my partner who is not Jewish if we could start visiting synagogues in hopes of finding a formal...

Couples, Newlywed, Synagogue

Things Toddlers Say At Services

By Emily Mace

With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Synagogue, Young Kids

Can Kids (or Anyone) Learn Prayer Through Osmosis?

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

Osmosis is a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling. Sometimes we joke that you can’t learn something...

Parenting, Synagogue

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 We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter

By Elizabeth Freid Vocke

Mirabelle at JCC pre-school This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays...

Parenting, Religious Life, Synagogue

Greeting Each Other at Shabbat Services

By 18Doors

An Interfaith-Inclusive Reading for Clergy to Welcome a Congregation on Shabbat Welcome to our synagogue on...

Professionals, Religious Life, Shabbat, Synagogue

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

Where is Your 3rd Space?

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

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?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

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

By Jane Larkin

Last year, in the “Community Voices” section of my local paper there was a column written by a woman about the...

Synagogue

Judaism and Sabbath: Rules and Practices

By Marilyn Wacks

You may have heard about a new program that we are starting up at InterfaithFamily/Bay Area called Meet Us at...

Religion, Shabbat, Shabbat Rituals, Synagogue

What is Your Synagogue’s Policy on Who Can Be a Member?

By 18Doors

The national InterfaithFamily/Your Community staff and the directors of the InterfaithFamily/Your Community...

Synagogue

Say Yes to Interfaith Families

By Susanna Perrett

As the partner who is not Jewish, raising a Jewish family in the Chicago area, I have often felt like a guest...

Religious Life, Synagogue

Time to Junk Jewish Jargon?

By Rabbi Mychal Copeland

You’re at a social or family gathering when someone starts throwing around a bunch of Jewish gobblygook you...

Identity, Religion & Spirituality, Synagogue

The Temple Where I “Grew Up”

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

The other day I saw a rabbi I know post a YouTube link to one of my favorite versions of the prayer, Hashkiveinu....

Blessings, Religion, Synagogue

What is Your Synagogue’s Policy on Opening the Ark?

By 18Doors

October 15, 2014 18Doors staff worked together to gather information about the ritual policies of synagogues...

Religious Life, Synagogue

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