By Wendy Spears
It matters to her to be part of a community that welcomes interfaith families.
Date: 01-22-2010
By Juliet Stamperdahl
I cannot lie to you and say that we were encouraged to marry or that the policies of the synagogue embrace or validate our union. I can say, however, that we are definitely treated by the community like we belong there.
Date: 01-05-2010
By Julie Wiener
Many Orthodox and Conservative Jewish leaders worried the Reform movement's 1983 decision to affirm the children of Jewish fathers as Jews would divide the Jewish people. That doesn't seem to have happened.
Date: 11-30-2009
By Rabbi Mayer W. Selekman
What has become perfectly clear is that more and more congregations are finding ways to embrace and engage their entire congregational family, including the intermarried among them.
Date: 11-23-2009
By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
She got involved in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender synagogue because she loves liturgy--and found a community committed to including her interfaith, straight family.
Date: 11-20-2009
By Ellen Scolnic
A book on Jewish language turns into a great tool to welcome non-Jewish friends and family members into the community.
Date: 11-13-2009
By Deborah Susser
Rabbi Yosef Garcia and Rabbi Albert Plotkin created a Ceremony of Return for a small group of descendants of conversos in Phoenix.
Date: 11-06-2009
By Akira Ohiso
What looks like a more tolerant position toward interfaith marriage doesn't take the feelings of children of those marriages into account.
Date: 11-02-2009
By InterfaithFamily
New to synagogues? We hope this guide will help you find a good community for your interfaith family.
Date: 10-30-2009
By Julie Wiener
Reassessing the impact of defining who is a Jew, a quarter-century after the Reform movement decided that children with a Jewish parent of either sex were Jewish.
Date: 10-28-2009