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Young Kids

How To Keep Kids Engaged During a Passover Seder

By 18Doors

The Passover seder is intended to be an engaging journey for people of all ages. How do we keep everyone involved—especially...

Parenting Passover, Passover, Young Kids

Rorri Geller Mohamed and family

This Mom of an Interracial, Dual-Faith Family Has the Advice & Support We Need

By Rabbi Robyn Frisch

Rorri Geller-Mohamed, LCSW, is a family therapist and parent coach who specializes in working with multiracial...

Identity, Parenting, Parenting Tips & Advice, Race, Young Kids

Talking to Children About Events in Pittsburgh and Anti-Semitism

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,...

Anti Semitism, Identity, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

This Yom Kippur, I’m Hanging on to My Sins

By Anna Keller

It’s been a long year. It seems that every year I approach Yom Kippur saying these words. And it’s always true....

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Motherhood, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

arts and crafts

Fun and Meaningful High Holy Days Kids Activities

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days Fun and Meaningful Activities To whatever degree your family is planning...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

Is it Time to Leave Our Orthodox Neighborhood?

By Anna Keller

My neighborhood of Midwood, Brooklyn, is changing and so is my family. It’s not just that new stores have popped...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

When Faith Reaches the Border

By Anna Keller

There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...

Anti Semitism, Holocaust, Motherhood, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Why Do I Worry My Daughter Won’t Fit In?

By Anna Keller

I was never a princess. In my favorite childhood photo I have short brown hair and a leather jacket covered...

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

We Aren’t as Different as My Neighbors Think

By Anna Keller

I grew up in an Orthodox community in Midwood, Brooklyn. My mother still lives there and I live three blocks...

Babies, New Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Helen Fell on Her Head and I Prayed to Jesus, Sort of

By Anna Keller

Helen fell on her head. In case I didn’t think I deserved the “worst mother award” before, I pretty much bolted...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family

By 18Doors

Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days The High Holy Days are a time for families to come together. But you...

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

fireworks

1 Family, 4 New Year Celebrations, 0 Resolutions

By Jessica Melwani

Today, my family is ringing in the New Year for the fourth time in 2017. In January, we reveled with champagne...

Jewish Hindu Relationships, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

grandmother and grandson

How to Discuss Anti-Semitism with Youths

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Q: I am about to have Jewish grandchildren, and I am terrified! Don’t get me wrong; we love our son-in-law....

Anti Semitism, Grandparents, Young Kids

Quincineara Barbie

By Anna Keller

It’s been two weeks of vacation for my family in upstate New York. Nothing but fun, sun, relaxing walks by...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

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

Naming Our Past, Present & Future

By Craig Cohen

Quinn receiving her Hebrew name Giving your child a Hebrew name is a long-standing tradition in Judaism. Sometimes...

Adoption, Babies, Baby Naming, Birth Ceremony, Extended Family, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

What’s in a Name: My Favorite Torah Portion

By Anna Keller

My middle name is Miriam. I am named after Mark, my mother’s brother who was killed at the young age of 39....

Parenting Stories, Young Kids

The Kids’ Table

By Anna Keller

Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday because it is mostly about storytelling. Every year, my family sits...

Parenting, Parenting Passover, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Make the Most of this Valentine’s Day

By Jessie Boatright

I have not posted here in a little while. In part, because the business of life has caught up with me, and,...

Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

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

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

Why Send Your Kid To Jewish Summer Camp? Because It Gets Him To Hebrew School

By Jane Larkin

My son (right) with his best camp friend in the dining hall this summer at URJ Greene Family Camp. I recently...

Camp, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Two Faiths and Powerful Women

By Anna Keller

My daughter, Helen Rose Castaneda, wakes up one day at 10-and-a-half months old, pulls herself up in her crib...

Babies, Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

The Challenges of Keeping Kosher at an Interfaith Birthday

By Anna Keller

Growing up, my mother’s house was kosher. We had dishes for dairy and dishes for meat and we never mixed milk...

Babies, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

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