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How I Teach My Kids That Being Jewish is Awesome and Awe-Filled
Last year, my pre-school-aged daughter was acutely aware that her friends and their families would be celebrating Christmas and that she wasn’t going to be a part of it.
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Honoring My Christian Family
It can be difficult to tell your parents that the man or woman you have fallen in love with and want to marry is of a different religious faith..
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Blessings Beyond Borders: An Interfaith Tale
Last Saturday evening I was given an opportunity to be part of a truly wonderful celebration - the Sweet 16 party of a very special young woman. As I explained
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No, I Did Not Convert Because My Husband is Jewish!
Out of all the Jews I know personally who converted or are in the process of doing so, I don't think any converted only because they were engaged to someone Jewish.
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Christmas Trees or Children
December 23, 2020
I looked forward to the lights that adorn houses and streets in celebration of the holiday, not to mention watching Christmas specials on television and getting extra days off work to be with family. However, things changed last year when my family and I joined our friends to help them decorate their Christmas tree.
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A Familiar Conversation with a Family Twist
December 5, 2018
It's a conversation I had had hundreds of times in my 44 years as a Jewish educator. However, this time was different: It was with my son.
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A Hanukkah Tradition From My Christian Mother-in-Law
December 18, 2017
Sometimes we create our own traditions, sometimes we carry on a tradition we inherit, and sometimes a tradition can come from unexpected places.
Related Answers to Jewish Questions
- I'm Jewish and my wife isn't. Every year, we go to my in-laws to celebrate Christmas with them. Will it be too confusing to my daughter?
- If a Jewish man marries a woman brought up in a different faith, and they have a child, would the Reform Jewish community consider their child to be Jewish?
- What is the Reform position on clergy officiating at the wedding of a Jew to a person brought up in a different faith?
- My new son-in-law has expressed interest in Judaism; where can we find a community that will welcome him and help him learn about Judaism?
- Is it the policy that men must be circumcised prior to conversion? My 8-year old son wasn't circumcised.
- Is it possible to have a child christened and go through a bris/baby naming?
- In Judaism what is believed to happen to someone after they die? Is there some idea of an afterlife, or is that purely a Christian concept?