Parenting

Are you raising children with a partner of another faith? Are you trying to figure how much--if any--religion to share with your children? How do you raise a Jewish child? Learn about a wide variety of approaches to this challenge from our articles, resources and links.

Interfaith Parenting Articles

Interfaith Parenting Articles Archive

• Parenting

Interfaith Parenting Documents

• Tips for Parents of Children Who Are Intermarrying

Day and Religious School Information:

• List of Jewish Day Schools Welcoming Children of Interfaith Families
• Report: What We Learned from the Interfaith Families and Religious Schools Survey
• Press Release: Survey Finds That Religious Education is Important to Interfaith Families and That Growing Numbers Send Their Children to Jewish Day Schools

Interfaith Parenting Discussion Boards

• Parenting
• Growing Up in an Interfaith Family
• Extended Family Relationships

Additional Resources on Parenting in Interfaith Families

Websites

• Visit our partner MyJewishLearning.com for more information on parenting:
  • Overview: Parent/Child Relationships
  • Parenting: A View from Jewish Sources
  • Battling Stereotypes of the Jewish Mother
  • Mixed Families, Jewish Choices

• Lifelong Jewish Learning for Parents -- This resource from the Union for Reform Judaism includes information on bedtime rituals, holidays for children and more.
• Modern Jewish Mom -- A website that demonstrates how Jewish traditions can be wonderful parenting tools.
• PJ Library -- Sends Jewish-themed books and music on a monthly basis to families with children through age 7.

Books

• Friedland, Ronnie and Case, Edmund, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
• Abramowitz, Yosef I., and Silverman, Rabbi Susan. Jewish Family & Life: Traditions, Holidays, and Values for Today's Parents and Children Golden, 1998.
• Diamant, Anita, with Cooper, Howard. Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families. HarperCollins, 1996.
• Diamant, Anita and Kushner, Karen. How to Raise a Jewish Child: No Experience Necessary. Schocken, 2008. A comprehensive guide that covers all aspects of raising children Jewishly.
• Keen, Jim. Inside Intermarriage. URJ Press, 2006. Read our review.
• King, Andrea. If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, What Are the Kids?: A Parenting Guide for Interfaith Families: A Parenting Guide for Interfaith Families. UAHC, 1993. Read our review.
• Mogel, Wendy. The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children. Penguin Group, 2001. Read our review.

If you know of other interfaith parenting resources--or if you'd like to see additional resources on a particular aspect of interfaith parenting--please email us at network@interfaithfamily.com and let us know what you'd like us to provide.