In a recent workshop a mother spoke of the challenges from her own interfaith upbringing and her desire to avoid being the odd-parent-out, as one of her own parents had been. Being the non-Jewish parent in a Jewish family may feel “other” because you did not have a Jewish childhood, don’t know much about Jewish…
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Talking to Children in Age Appropriate Ways
A common question for a non-Jewish parent is, “What about my holidays, like Christmas? What do I say to my kids when I don’t believe as a Jew? When is it age appropriate to teach them about my faith?” I want to give you a shorthand way of determining what is “age appropriate.” Much of…
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Discuss parenting, identity & community for children in Jew-ish interfaith families. Oct. 17 1pm Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland $7/person and free to members of Temple Sinai. Call for more info 510-845-6420 x11
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A Taste of Judaism Are You Curious? A Taste of Judaism has been around for more than ten years and literally tens of thousands of people have taken it. It is aimed at the adult learner who has little knowledge of Judaism, but a curious mind. The class covers the three pillars of Judaism: Jewish…
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COVID-19 UPDATE: All sessions are virtual, Skype, Zoom or Facetime. Sessions are FREE. Some people just are not “group” people. They want to have the same conversations about the key questions in an interfaith/intercultural home but they want to have that conversation in private. For those of you in this category Let’s Talk “Interfaith” is…
Read More »Not going to make it to Yom Kippur?
Rabbi Judah Dardik has a clever idea, how about a one hour dip-your-toe into Yom Kippur? He calls it The Greatest Hits of Yom Kippur and here’s how it works. Come to Beth Jacob on Park Blvd. at 8am on Saturday morning. Rabbi Dardik will cover the “greatest hits” that is the high points of…
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