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 BlogsWhy doesn't the Jewish community reach out to us in the same way that it reaches out to interfaith couples? My story--and the story of the Half-Jewish Network-- may hold some clues.
Date: 09-19-2008Why do adult children of interfaith families use the term "half-Jewish" about themselves?
Date: 07-19-2010A Jewish genealogy expert gives an introduction to the tools for researching your family history.
Date: 06-16-2010Personal 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: 08-10-2007While others might consider it something exotic, she found her childhood in an interfaith Muslim-Jewish household pretty normal.
Date: 09-12-2008Rabbi draws on her own life experiences in advocating for children of intermarriage to forge a fully Jewish identity that honors their non-Jewish parents' cultural experience.
Date: 03-03-2008Going to college in Iowa on a National Hispanic Merit Scholarship, she wanted to know, "Are there Jews here?"
Date: 04-23-2010After being told she was a "half Jew" at Hebrew school, she's had much of her life to sort through Jewish identity. Spoiler alert: she's a "whole Jew"!
Date: 08-01-2012A patrilineal Jew discovers that some in the Jewish community do not recognize her strong Jewish identity.
Date: 02-26-2008Her grandmother was her role model, though Nana was Catholic and Rachel is Jewish.
Date: 04-15-2009
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