How I Ended Up as a Brooklyn Tour Guide for a Day
On August 3 my Uncle Jeff, my father’s brother, turned 90 years old. I received a call from my cousin in Canada,...
Family, Growing Up Interfaith, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
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 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...
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...
Communication: Talking to Your Partner and Your Families
When planning a wedding, communication is key. You’ll be communicating with one or more of the following: clergy...
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...
How We Met…Our Baby
We each have our own story about when we saw, held or heard our children for the first time and we all arrived...
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
By Liat Katz“A Y A M,” She writes.
“Um, Maya, I think you wrote your name backwards,” I respond.
“Nope, it’s...
LGBTQ, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religion, Religious Education, Synagogue
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
1387November 12, 2015Mirabelle at JCC pre-school
This past August, when I started talking about and...
Greeting Each Other at Shabbat Services
1297July 22, 2015
An Interfaith-Inclusive Reading for Clergy to Welcome a Congregation on Shabbat
Welcome...
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...
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?
1297February 4, 2015The national InterfaithFamily/Your Community staff and the directors of the InterfaithFamily/Your...
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....
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