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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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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 BlogsProfessional view and general information tips on how to celebrate your Judaism with your non-Jewish grandchildren without dictating their family’s religious choices, compiled by InterfaithFamily.com.
Date: 12-06-2006Reprinted professional view tips for grandparents on sharing their religion with their grandchildren.
Date: 12-05-2006Personal narrative about a Jewish grandmother’s relationship with her intermarried daughter, and her assessment of what her role should be in her grandchildren’s reilgious upbringing.
Date: 08-01-2012Professional advice and personal narrative about the potential of grandparents to be powerful spiritual guides to interfaith grandchildren.
Date: 12-06-2006Professional advice from a social worker and author about how to constructively cope with the news that your child will marry a non-Jew.
Date: 08-17-2006Reprinted general information article interviewing Jewish grandparents of interfaith grandchildren.
Date: 12-06-2006Professional advice and personal narrative from a rabbi who realizes that her Christian grandchildren do not know her very well, and is unsure of how they can connect on a more personal level at such a young age.
Date: 12-05-2006Personal narrative excerpt from a Jewish woman’s diary about her feelings of betrayal and upset when two of her children intermarried, and the process she went through to accept the intermarriages.
Date: 12-06-2006Personal narrative by an interdating Jewish woman who was nervous about bringing her non-Jewish boyfriend to meet her Holocaust-survivor grandparents.
Date: 08-01-2012Personal narrative from a Jewish grandma recounting the pain of watching her grandaughter be baptized.
Date: 12-06-2006
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