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 BlogsReview of Lea Pool’s Set Me Free, a film about a teenage girl growing up in an impoverished interfaith home.
Date: 02-15-2007Personal narrative from a Jewish woman reflecting on how her interfaith family keeps Christmas at arm’s length.
Date: 12-18-2006The personal narrative of a rabbi who is unsure how much attention to give to interfaith families and how aggressive to be with the non-Jewish spouse in encouraging Judaism.
Date: 06-12-2007The personal narrative of a Jewish woman in an interfaith marriage who found it important to raise her daughter as Jewish, despite not believing in God.
Date: 06-08-2007An opinion/editorial article about the need for the American Jewish community to be more accepting of intermarried families who are raising Jewish children, written by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky of the Jewish Outreach Institute.
Date: 06-18-2007Review of Lee Gruzen’s Raising Your Jewish/Christian Child: How Interfaith Parents Can Give Children the Best of Both Their Heritages.
Date: 01-20-2007Professional view from Ed Case describing InterfaithFaimly.com and the important outreach and networking work it does.
Date: 07-13-2006Profile of Rabbi Brian Field, director of Judaism Your Way, an outreach organization in Denver that targets the intermarried and the unaffiliated.
Date: 05-02-2007Interview with Sam Osherson, an intermarried Jewish writer and author of Rekindling the Flame, where he talks about his and others’ spiritual paths back to Judaism.
Date: 02-21-2007Review of Opening the Gates: How Proactive Conversion Can Revitalize the Jewish Community, a mostly positive review by Ed Case, whose biggest concern is "Why couldn’t Tobin call for "proactive inclusion" instead of proacti
Date: 04-12-2007
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