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 BlogsAn ex-Baptist and her husband each found different spiritual paths while raising their Jewish daughters.
Date: 08-18-2008They say that children of intermarriage generally aren't raised with a strong sense of Jewish identity, but you and I seem to be exceptions to that rule.
Date: 04-26-2010A reader challenged the author, a patrilineal Jew, about wanting to date only Jewish men.
Date: 03-19-2009What looks like a more tolerant position toward interfaith marriage doesn't take the feelings of children of those marriages into account.
Date: 11-02-2009Who knows better whether she's Jewish--her family and her rabbi, or some random person on the street?
Date: 09-04-2008The daughter of an interfaith marriage mulls giving her daughters the jewish rites of passage that their Jewish dad had, but she herself didn't.
Date: 07-17-2008Debbie is studying for conversion, and thinks her 15-year-old Jewish daughter shouldn't date non-Jews.
Date: 04-23-2009Not picking one religious identity for your children gives them responsibility for a hard decision you, as an adult, don't want to make.
Date: 07-26-2010Her father never told her that he came from a Jewish family, but it was only one of the many ways he was dishonest.
Date: 09-17-2008They didn't believe in religion, but they did believe in Jewishness--here's how they found a welcoming community.
Date: 07-10-2008
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