A look at the memoir by Scott Thorson that inspired the new HBO movie about his former lover, Liberace; the recent winner of Survivor; Mel Brooks, Kat Dennings, Josh Radnor, and more!
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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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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 BlogsReview of Bonnie Burt’s My Sister, My Bride, a documentary about the love and marriage of a Jewish lesbian couple.
Date: 02-13-2007Review of the film God Is Great, I’m Not, its portrayal of the main character’s journey to convert to Judaism, and how that resonates with the author’s own personal experience with conversion.
Date: 02-17-2007Review of A Better Tomorrow. By Charles Rammelkamp, 18 essays about choosing to be Jewish by converting.
Date: 01-20-2007Jewish, conversion, convert, mikvah, mikveh, immersion, half-Jewish, Conservative, patrilineal, patrilineal descent, non-Jewish, mother, father, rabbi
Date: 08-13-2007Elizabeth Banks and Scott Glenn, two actors with interfaith connections, appear in the new film W.
Date: 10-28-2008Review of The Garden of Ruth, a feminist reimagining of Ruth and her descendent, Osnath.
Date: 04-20-2007Interview with Cameron Kerry, the brother of presidential hopeful John Kerry, and his trip to Israel where he explored his family’s recently revealed Jewish roots with his Jewish wife.
Date: 02-20-2007Review of By the Grace of God: A Tale of Love, Family, War and Survival from the Congo by Suruba Ibumando (Georgette Wechsler) with Howell Wechsler, a memoir which follows the writer from her experience in the Congolese civil war to her escape
Date: 06-28-2007At her daughter's bat mitzvah, she felt silenced by her congregation's prohibition against non-Jews speaking during services.
Date: 05-05-2010Reprinted news article about the Israeli Supreme Court decision to allow Jews-by-choice who were converted by Reform or Conservative rabbis in Israel to be considered "Jewish" on their identification cards and for other political purposes.
Date: 07-26-2006
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