When my husband read an early draft of this essay, he asked, "Why doesn't her partner have to support our daughter? After all, they agreed to raise children as Jews." What does it mean to raise a Jewish child?
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If the Book of Ruth, text customarily studied on Shavuot, were written with today's interfaith couples in mind...
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What are the ethical and spiritual messages in Judaism? What are we supposed to learn? And who is Derek Eretz anyway?
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NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation connects Birthright Israel trip alumni and their peers with meaningful Jewish living and learning opportunities nationally, locally and in Israel.
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What were you taught about your LGBTQ heritage? Kick off Boston Pride Week with a retelling of the story of LGBTQ liberation using the Passover Seder model. June 1st, Boston, MA.
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Supporting rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism.
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A great way for Jewish professionals and volunteers who work with and provide programming for people in interfaith relationships to locate resources and trainings to build more welcome into their Jewish communities; connect with and learn from each other; and publicize and enhance their programs and services.
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Go To BlogsBook review by Ed Case of The Jew Within, in which Case describes the "evident hostililty" of the authors toward intermarriage and suggests that "the opportunity to foster the Jewish involvement of inermarried people lies--in their fam
Date: 07-28-2006Reprinted personal narrative by a Southern Protestant intermarried woman who is raising Jewish children and participating wholeheartedly in a Conservative synagogue community in Eastern Massachusetts
Date: 11-27-2006Reprinted news article describing demographic trends in American Jewry as deduced from the 2000 National Jewish Population Survey and as contrasted to the 1990 survey.
Date: 07-12-2006Op-ed on the 2005 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study, arguing that the high rate of interfaith households raising their children Jewish was due to Boston’s well-organized, well-funded collection of outreach programs.
Date: 11-21-2006A Secular Humanistic rabbi describes their process of adopting Judaism.
Date: 06-11-2007A woman discusses the changing faces of Judaism and the increased diversity within the faith.
Date: 06-12-2007An editorial on welcoming non-Jews into the Jewish community even if they have not made a formal conversion.
Date: 06-11-2007Reprinted news article about the debate between Ed Case and Sylvia Barack Fishman over anti-intermarriage bias in the American Jewish Committee’s study of Jewish demographics.
Date: 07-14-2006A news article discussing controversial organizations that attempt to reach out to secular and cultural Jews.
Date: 06-08-2007Reprinted news article describing the Jewish Outreach Institute’s report that "intermarried households may soon become a majority of homes with one or more Jews."
Date: 07-17-2006
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