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Weddings

Our Cultural Knapsack

By Dana & Christopher

Hi–it’s Chris here. Following a Facebook link early last week, I reach this article which discusses...

Culture, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Meeting the Family

By Anne Goodman

Typically, when I tell friends, coworkers, and acquaintances how many siblings Anne has, responses range from...

Extended Family, Family, In-laws, Wedding Stories, Weddings

How Do I Pick My Ketubah Witness?

By Adriana Saipe

This article is reprinted with permission from the author, who posted it to her website, inkwithintent.com. So,...

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Toolbox, Weddings

The December Holidays

By Anne Goodman

I have always known December as a time to prepare for Christmas. Now that I am in an interfaith relationship,...

Family, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Exploring Our Interfaith Relationship(s)

By Anne Goodman

Sam and I got engaged in September and this blog is our place to share with you a little bit about us as individuals...

Family, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Weddings

The End: Lovers Gonna Love

By Matt Rice

In the end, the wedding went the way it was supposed to. That’s not to say that we didn’t hit a...

Family, Newlywed, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Ritual, Wedding Tips, Weddings

Rabbi Freedman on Interfaith Marriage

By Matt Rice

Rabbi Eli Freedman came into my life just as I was beginning to explore the possibility of converting to Judaism....

Officiation, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Let Us Now Praise Famous Mensches: Celebrating Interfaith Marriage

By Matt Rice

This morning I put a cross into a drawer. It was a cradle cross that Leacock Presbyterian Church gave my parents...

Family, Identity, Relationships, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Interfaith Marriage: Finding Meaning in the Journey

By Matt Rice

I went to Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s Purim celebration this year. (Or last year, by the Hebrew calendar.) The...

Food, Identity, Jewish Holidays, Other Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Let Us Build a City: Interfaith Weddings as an Act of Translation

By Matt Rice

Shannon practiced saying “Shanah tovah” during the week leading up to Rosh Hashanah. “How do you say that thing?”...

Extended Family, In-laws, Officiant, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Reconstructing the Ketubah: Finding the Sweetness in Tradition

By Matt Rice

I attended services at Mishkan Shalom last spring. A friend of mine led the Torah study that preceded services....

Ketubah, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Naming Our Fears: When Have We Asked Too Much?

By Matt Rice

A Muslim man greeted me with “As-salamu alaykum” on Rosh Hashanah morning. Having seen the kufi-style yarmulke...

Anti Semitism, Conversion, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Universal Values, Jewish Expressions: Finding Common Ground in an Interfaith Marriage

By Matt Rice

When I became Jewish, I began seeing homeless people. I was not unaware of the homeless before I converted to...

Conversion, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Finding God

By Jane Larkin

Finding God at sunset on Lake Kezar in Maine I’d like to say that my family and I find our deepest spiritual...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Co-officiation, Officiant, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Smashing the Idols: How to Plan a Nontraditional Jewish Wedding

By Matt Rice

“We should have eloped.” One of us has said that every week since we began planning our wedding. “We should...

Circling, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Planning, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Mazel Tov Adam Levine!

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Yesterday I overhead the following conversation between a Jewish mother and her 10-year-old son about the recent...

Couples, Culture, Relationships, Weddings

The New Jew & the Irish Girl Plan a Wedding

By Matt Rice

“I think I’m converting to Judaism.” I said it quietly, without making eye contact, as Shannon walked...

Conversion, Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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Why I Now Officiate at Interfaith Weddings

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

When I was ordained as a Reform Rabbi in 2000 I was certain that I would never officiate at interfaith wedding...

Clergy Weddings, Officiant, Officiation, Religious Life, Resources, Weddings

How We’re Alienating Our Youth

By Lindsey Silken

As the new managing editor at InterfaithFamily, I want our blog to be a place where our readers can find out...

Co-officiation, Extended Family, Newlywed, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Recap, Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Genetic Screening: Why you should consider it

By Wendy Armon

When you fall in love and decide that your partner is going to be the person you want to share your life with,...

Gender, Relationships, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Blessing

By Chana-Esther Dayan

In Hebrew, a blessing is a Brachah.  We say a Brachah before we light Shabbat candles, and before we eat or...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Dating, Engagement, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Relationships, Wedding Stories, Weddings

Cleaning

By Chana-Esther Dayan

Passover requires an intense amount of cleaning.  I have read numerous articles about how it really should only...

Christian Jewish Wedding, Hora, Wedding Planning, Weddings

Writing Your Ketubah: A Defining Interfaith Moment

By Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

28 January 30, 2013 Working with couples on their weddings for the past 20 years, I have had the privilege...

Wedding Ritual, Weddings

Introduction and December, Y’all!

By Warren

Shalom, y’all! I’m Warren, and I’m going to be contributing to the Parenting blog here at InterfaithFamily....

Jewish Holidays, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

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