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 BlogsPersonal narrative from an intermarried non-Jewish woman who agreed to raise her children Jewish, but didn’t realize her husband was a secular Jew.
Date: 02-19-2007Personal narrative about how wanting to improve the world drew an interfaith couple together and keeps them united.
Date: 08-01-2012Interview with Howard Dean that focuses on his intermarriage, his knowledge and practicing of Jewish culture and rituals, and the local Jewish community’s response.
Date: 02-20-2007General information about how interfaith couples and ceremonies are handled by the Secular Humanistic Jewish movement.
Date: 05-02-2007General information about, and ideas for, Secular Humanistic Jewish birth ceremonies.
Date: 05-18-2007Personal narrative about how one mutli-cultural and multi-faith family celebrates Thanksgiving: with food from each culture, reminiscences about the family’s and recipes’ origins, and lots of talk about thankfulness.
Date: 11-20-2006A news article about Jewbilation, a philosophy that incorporations many Jewish traditions and is designed for interfaith families.
Date: 06-07-2007Personal narrative from an intermarried Jewish woman who says her Jewish identity is in her religious practice, it’s in her salivary glands, her genes, her brain and her temperament.
Date: 08-01-2012Interview with David Marcus and Ita Daly, an intermarried Irish couple, both of whom are accomplished writers.
Date: 02-20-2007The personal narrative of a Jewish woman whose Southern Baptist husband helped to teach her about tolerance when he converted to Judaism.
Date: 06-11-2007
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