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 BlogsInterview with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the Jewish screenwriter of Howards End and A Room with a View, who fled the Nazis and is married to an Indian Parsi architect.
Date: 10-26-2006Personal narrative from a Jewish woman married to a black man... or is it a black woman married to a Jewish man?
Date: 12-26-2006News article about a new institute for the study of black-Jewish history in Philadelphia.
Date: 04-19-2007Feature about Carolivia Herron, who grew up black, became Jewish and wrote Nappy Hair.
Date: 06-18-2007The personal narrative of Jewish woman who often felt the effects of cultural differences while growing up in predominately Christian neighborhood, but felt less cultural dissonance with her American-German husband who grew up in a Jewish neighbo
Date: 06-18-2007He reclaimed the lost Jewish heritage in his family, but like many Jews by choice, he finds his Jewishness is still challenged.
Date: 03-12-2009Professional view/advice for a Catholic woman married to a Jewish man who is willing to raise her kids Jewish but is confused about her husband’s lack of observance.
Date: 07-19-2007A news article about the 20% of the Jewish community that is ethnically diverse.
Date: 06-18-2007Review of Late Marriage, a film by Dover Kosashvili, which explores relationships between men and women, parents and children, and Georgian and Algerian Jews in Israel.
Date: 02-13-2007Professional advice for Jews interested in "transcultural adoption" recommending that parents teach those children about their birth culture.
Date: 11-06-2006
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