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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Check out all the news posts by the G-dcast team! But don't forget to stop by the Network blog (written by InterfaithFamily staff) and the Parenting Blog too!
Go To BlogsAudio interview with Tom Friedland about hosting a family seder that includes his two intermarried children and their spouses.
Date: 03-19-2007Personal narrative from the daughter of an interfaith family about the high holidays growing up, focusing on Rosh Hashanah dinners with her grandmother.
Date: 08-01-2012Personal narrative from a Catholic woman who is raising Jewish children, explaining what she and her parents have done in order to support the girls’ Jewish education.
Date: 11-13-2006Review of Jonathan Metzger’s film Bit By Bit, about a Nintendo-obsessed Swedish Jewish boy, his non-Jewish girlfriend, and his family’s seder on the eve of a big Nintendo competition that he tries to keep secret.
Date: 02-16-2007Her mother-in-law really wanted her son's family to have a Christmas tree, so she chopped one down for them herself.
Date: 12-05-2008Review of The Invisible Wall, which tells the story of the separate worlds Jews and Christians lived in in mid-20th century England, and the forbidden loves that spanned the two worlds.
Date: 09-20-2007Review of Roberto Benigni’s film, Life is Beautiful about an interfaith family in Italy during the Holocaust.
Date: 02-15-2007Having liberal, make-your-own-decisions interfaith parents made my path to Judaism a shaky one, but I got there with everyone's support.
Date: 03-03-2010Personal narrative from the Jewish daughter of a Sephardic man and an English woman whose interfaith parents now live nearby her in Israel--and still invite her over for Christmas.
Date: 08-10-2007Our reviewer read the whole book on how to have better relationships with adult children just a few days before her own parents came to visit for a month.
Date: 07-25-2008
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