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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 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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Date: 11-20-2006There are special issues to consider when planning a birth ceremony for your child if he only has one Jewish parent.
Date: 01-28-2009There are no rules in the Jewish tradition for how to name a child. Jews from different parts of the world follow different, sometimes contrary practices.
Date: 01-28-2009There is no commandment in the Hebrew Bible to welcome Jewish girls in a particular ceremony, so over the centuries a wide variety of ceremonies have been developed.
Date: 01-28-2009The mom of an American Jew of Chinese ethnicity thinks about how her daughter will navigate her teen years.
Date: 01-15-2009Ideas for sample readings to welcome a new baby in an interfaith family.
Date: 01-28-2009A sample simchat bat (Jewish girl's naming ceremony) from Dr. Seuss.
Date: 01-28-2009I don't look Jewish, but I am. My mom is, too, and my dad is Catholic. My interfaith family life is
Date: 02-19-2010Different ideas for the order of rituals for an interfaith birth ceremony.
Date: 01-28-2009A sample Jewish non-cutting ceremony for parents who are against circumcision.
Date: 01-28-2009
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