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 BlogsThis new Jewish year can be the start of a sustained communal effort to engage interfaith families. The New York study's figures show that the goal of having more than 50 percent of interfaith families raise their children Jewish is within reach.
Date: 01-30-2013Profile of Adam Bronfman, an intermarried Jewish philanthropist who focuses his efforts on outreach to interfaith families.
Date: 08-01-2012Personal narrative about how the new director of North American Federation of Temple Youth (the Reform movement's youth branch) Northeast Region changed their Institute/Convention date from Christmas, which posed a problem for kids from interfaith families, to New Year's.
Date: 08-01-2012Personal narrative telling a woman’s thoughts about how to make Judaism less insular and the synagogue environment more welcoming, prompted by the frustration her non-Jewish husband felt at a Conservative Shabbat service.
Date: 08-01-2012A leading figure in Classical Reform Judaism explains his movement's unique approach to Judaism and intermarriage.
Date: 08-01-2012An overview of statistics on Jewish intermarriage in the U.S. and Jewish population in the U.S. and the world.
Date: 08-01-2012One woman’s opinion on how an interfaith couple should choose their religious path, and how to become comfortable and involved in the community that they choose.
Date: 08-01-2012The editor of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles recommends that single Jewish women in their 30s and 40s seek non-Jewish husbands.
Date: 08-01-2012Several names for our new Saturday morning prayer group got rejected under the rationale of "I don’t think everyone in my family could pronounce that."
Date: 08-01-2012Arguments for Reform rabbis to officiate at weddings on Shabbat. Reprinted from the CCAR.
Date: 05-20-2012
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