How to Be at Home in the Minority
Straddling two worlds, feeling like an outsider, taking on the identity of your family but still retaining your...
Celebrating Shabbat on Vacation
Lighting the candles with iShabbat in Seattle
My family has a regular Shabbat observance. We either celebrate...
Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Reason # 1: Why Being Interfaith is a Plus
When you are a mixed-faith couple, you loose the ability to assume from the get go. The question is not when...
Don’t Call Me a “Rent-A-Rabbi”
Recently, a good of friend of mine suggested to an interfaith couple who was looking for a rabbi for their wedding...
Nice to Meet You (and why I almost didn’t become your IFF blogger)
Jessie and her daughters
My name is Jessie and I am very excited to have my very own blog on InterfaithFamily....
A High, a Low, and a Mitzvah
"...not just a one-time good deed or mitzvah, but part of something that our family is now making a priority...
Is God Taboo?
Many will agree that taboo topics of conversation include sex, politics, money, and religion. We’re guided...
The Power of Reading
This year my parents hosted their 44th annual Passover seder. I’m not old enough to have been to them...
Passover Seder Fun
Who wants to dress up like one of the Ten Plagues?Having grown up in a traditional family, we always celebrated...
Guide: Celebrating High Holy Days with Kids and Family: Public Schools and the High Holy Days
Return to the Guide to the High Holy Days
Public Schools and the High Holy Days
One of the High Holy Days decisions...
High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids
Christmas Eve Dinner Stress
So tomorrow is Christmas Eve, or as I like to call it, my daughter Kaitlyn’s birthday (what better day to have...
Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
The Power of Prayer – Helping Children through Anxiety and Stress
I couldn’t stop thinking about Connecticut, the 26 people killed, 20 of whom were children. My children...
Trees Are Sensitive
For years now, synagogues and Jewish community centers have been offering “December Dilemma” programs....
Here we go again
It is that time of year again. The leaves haven’t fallen off the trees. Halloween pumpkins are still un-carved. ...
Coming In The Front Door
I’ve heard rabbis say that the most important part of the synagogue is not the ark where the Torah scrolls...
Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Shabbat Family Worship: Is it Possible?
We just finished an online class called [url=/blog/iff/general/a-sneak-peak-at-our-online-parenting-class/]Raising...
(Zissen Pesach) Passover is Nigh!
I’m the first to admit it: I’m a little stressed out by Passover’s (zissen pesach) rapid approach....
A Holiday Disclosure
[b][i]This is a guest post by Dr. Steve Moffic (my father-in-law, a Milwaukee psychiatrist). It was originally...
How Can a Religious School Teacher Respond?
I recently spent an hour with religious school teachers in a Reform synagogue, talking about the children from...
Marriage, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religion, Young Kids
Hanukkah Books for Kids
I’m a college student with no access to children to test drive these books, but these books let me take...
Is it Really a Jewish Thing?
Lately I’ve been struggling with how my son’s friends address me and how he addresses his friends’ parents or...
Heroes, Horrors and Charoset: Three New Children’s Books for Passover
Review of Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, Minneapolis: Kar-Ben,...
New Hanukkah Books Take Kids Places
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December 11, 2009
Review of Harvest of Light by Alison Ofanansky (Kar-Ben, 2009), Menorah Under the...
Hanukkah Goodies Including GIANT LATKES
It’s time for another Hanukkah blog post! All month I’m going to be doing links to IFF writers’...
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