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 BlogsAn informative article discussing the process of converting to reform Judaism, specifically in the Boston area.
Date: 06-11-2007Some are children of interfaith families, some fell in love with Jews, but many converts of color felt drawn to the Jewish people and Judaism because it just seemed to fit them.
Date: 08-11-2008The personal narrative of a Jewish woman who has mixed feelings when her non-Jewish husband converts.
Date: 06-11-2007A news article announcing the death of Rabbi Samuel Lerer and reflecting on his life.
Date: 06-11-2007A rabbi’s advice to a woman considering converting to Judaism from a Catholic background.
Date: 04-05-2007A personal narrative about female converts to Judaism feeling forever as outsiders, and specifically about the prevalent use of the sexist, prejudiced word "Shiksa", which Jews often use to refer to non-Jewish women.
Date: 06-11-2007Edmund Case and Micah Sachs respond to Eric Yoffie’s call for conversion and Sylvia Barack Fishman’s flawed study on converts.
Date: 04-05-2007Op-ed from a prominent Israeli leader on why those who wish to be identified as Jews should be granted the right to join the Jewish people on the basis of their own self-definition--not on the definition of the Orthodox religious establishment.
Date: 06-11-2007An informative article about the mikvah, a bath for spiritual purification, in the Jewish tradition.
Date: 06-11-2007
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