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 BlogsA rabbi gives advice to a Jewish woman raising her Muslim husband’s children as Jews until her father-in-law, upset at the arrangement, causes her husband to become abusive and unwilling to allow the children to practive Judaism.
Date: 06-14-2007Compilation of InterfaithFamily.com's staff's selections for their favorite articles from 1998-2006.
Date: 07-17-2007Suggestions for how to celebrate Hanukkah (Chanukah) and Christmas in interfaith families, including volunteering, doing both and celebrating one at home and one at relatives'.
Date: 12-07-2008Reprinted news article about a boy whose feuding divorced parents are sending him to both Catholic and Jewish religious schools.
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative about a blended, interfaith family where there are more questions and explanations than conflicts.
Date: 07-26-2007Reprinted news article about divorce of Jewish man and a woman who had converted to Judaism when she married but when divorced reverted to her Catholicism. They have one child, and the mother wants child to be able to choose his own religion while fath
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative by a young woman whose Jewish parents divorced following a financial crisis, and whose father has recently re-married a formerly evangelical Christian woman who cares less about material possessions than his first wife did.
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative from a divorced woman who always told her children to marry Jews, but who is now dating a non-Jew herself.
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative about a blended interfaith family where everyone has different levels of religious feeling, from absolutely none to a high level.
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative about the successful creation of a blended, interfaith family out of two divorced parents, each with a grown son.
Date: 07-26-2007
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