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Interfaith Families and Preschools

By Martha Kimes

Sometimes the parent learns as much from preschool as the child.

By Abby Spotts

For this interfaith family the question was to JCC, or not to JCC?

By Sue Fishkoff

Preschools can shape a child's Jewish future, but the Jewish community is largely ignoring the opportunity.

	When Children Raise Jewish Parents By Christina Pertus Hendelman
A skeptical non-Jewish mom learns more about Judaism in her 3-year-old's classroom than in any adult class or religious service.
Kapler Looking to Rejuvenate Career By Jeff Goodman
In this artricle from 2004, professional baseball player Gabe Kapler relates how his family's religious life changed after his mother started working at a Jewish preschool.

Get 'Em While They're Even Younger: Groups Reach Out to Babies Too By Jacob Berkman
Parents of newborns make terrific Jewish recruitment targets, says new study.
Conservative Day Schools to Admit Patrilineals? By Sue Fishkoff
The Solomon Schechter schools debate making their admissions more flexible for the children of non-Jewish mothers.

Interfaith Celebrities: For Peet's Sake By Nate Bloom
Amanda Peet is pregnant--in real life and on-screen--and Liev Schreiber stars in a new movie and an old TV show.
All-Ages Music: Entertainer Dan Zanes Performs for Adults and Children Alike By Suzanne Chessler
The former Del Fuegos rocker isn't Jewish, but he's raising his kids as Jews with his wife.
Picture This: A Children's Book with a Message of Interfaith Healing By Cheryl Coon
The Cave of Reconciliation tells Abraham's story from the Jewish and Muslim perspective.