We’re Mostly Jewish By Rabbi Mychal Copeland Photo courtesy of Camp Tawonga I spent last week at California’s Camp Tawonga as the rabbi on staff for their... Camp, Growing Up Interfaith, Parenting, Young Kids
Kids’ Books That Matter: Lashon Hara/Gossiping By Kathy Bloomfield We recently started getting People magazine as part of a “trade airline miles for subscriptions” deal. Because... Books, Young Kids
We’d Love to Come for Dinner…Mind If We Bring Shabbat? By Jessie Boatright Ruthie's candlesticks, ready to hit the road A couple of months ago, a friend invited us to Friday dinner... Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Kids’ Books that Matter: Remember the Days of Old – Zachor/Remembrance By Kathy Bloomfield We traveled fairly extensively with our kids when they were young. We took wide-ranging road trips throughout... Books, Young Kids
How to Teach and Reach: Children from Interfaith Families in Hebrew School By Wendy Armon Many people want to be welcoming but don’t necessarily know exactly how to provide the welcoming learning environment... High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Tikkun Olam Ted and the Importance of Small Steps By Jessie Boatright My family is one of the many families who benefits from the amazing PJ Library, an extraordinary program that... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Are you having a Jewish wedding? By Dana & Christopher “Are You Having a Jewish Wedding?” is a question that I seem to field a lot from friends of mine.... Parenting, Young Kids
Best Children’s Passover Books: Expanding the Story of Passover By Kathy Bloomfield Passover is one of the best Jewish holidays for unleashing creative energy in a variety of ways. Millions of... Books, Passover, Young Kids
A Day Together—Away From the Checkout Line By Jodi Bromberg Since I joined InterfaithFamily last fall, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jewish traditions and practice, and... Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Shabbat, Young Kids
Valentine’s Day: Embracing a Non-Jewish Family Tradition with my Whole Heart By Jessie Boatright When I was 17, my family hosted a French exchange student. Isabel had never spent any significant time in the... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Sharing the Bad Stuff with Younger Kids, Take 2 By Jessie Boatright Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about editing the scary stuff from Bible stories when I read them to my 5-year-old.... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
The Challenge of Sharing The Bible with Younger Kids By Jessie Boatright In 2003 (five years before I had kids), I read about a project that drew me in for the ways it combined my love... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Synagogue Can Be Your Second Home By Rabbi Ari Moffic My children are too at home at our synagogue. Their dad is the rabbi there and they feel that his office is... Parenting, Synagogue, Young Kids
Kids’ Books that Matter: Give Graciously, Cheerfully & Sympathetically*: Nedivut/Generosity By Kathy Bloomfield *Moses Maimonides, aka RaMBaM (1135-1204) When the Christmas candy was displayed next to the Halloween candy... Books, Young Kids
Unplugging, Part 2 By Jessie Boatright Two months ago, I declared my resolution to unplug with you on this blog. I told you I’d let you know how it... High Holy Days for Parents, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
My Life is Changing By Rabbi Ari Moffic I often feel that life is a series of days unless we pause occasionally to celebrate. There are definitely highs... Motherhood, Parenting, Young Kids
Kids’ Books that Matter: A November Dilemma: Hanukkah + Thanksgiving! By Kathy Bloomfield As if it were not difficult enough getting ready for Rosh Hashanah two days after Labor Day, this year... Books, Hanukkah, Young Kids
Helping My Conservative Synagogue Find Balance By Wendy Armon The following post is by guest blogger Jodi Rosenfeld from the Philadelphia area. I sometimes feel like I am... Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Save Some Water for the Fish By Jessie Boatright Earlier this week, Ruthie, her friend, and I had a heart-warming (for me) conversation about my work in affordable... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Kids’ Books that Matter: Distributing Gleanings from Today’s Fields: Leket/Gleanings, Shikheḥah/Forgotten, & Pe’ah/Corners By Kathy Bloomfield It is most definitely fall. The leaves have turned spectacular shades of yellow, orange and red. The days are... Books, Young Kids
Kids’ Books that Matter: Teach Them Faithfully to Your Children: The Study of Torah By Kathy Bloomfield I have always been fascinated by Scripture. Whether versions of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), New Testament,... Books, Simchat Torah, Young Kids
My Resolution to Unplug By Jessie Boatright A warning to you, kind reader: You have read this story before. It’s about unplugging from technology and reconnecting... Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
New School, New Year By Jessie Boatright This year, we won the lottery. The school lottery. We were among the lucky few to win a coveted public pre-kindergarten... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Remembering Mom (and Grandma) on her Birthday By Jessie Boatright This week we marked my mom’s birthday. She would have been 65, and had she not died last year, we would have... Parenting, Parenting Stories, Young Kids