Many non-Jewish parents feel, I’m not Jewish and I don’t know how to teach my kids about something I never learned and I don’t believe. What do I do? If your child got the assignment to do a report on Hinduism or Socialism you wouldn’t have to be a Hindu or a Socialist to know…
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My Child is “Half” Me
How can our child be half of each of us and still be one religious identity? In a recent workshop a Jewish parent was concerned that their spouse needed to feel that their child is “half” him and they weren’t sure how to make that half something other than half-Jewish and half-Catholic. Look at what…
Read More »Feeling like the “Outsider Parent”
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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Got a Jew-ish Child?
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
Read More »Growing Your Child’s Identity in an Interfaith Family: Marin
Children move through a variety of developmental stages. How can we support their identity development and family attachment in age appropriate ways? Children in interfaith families are integrating multiple traditions and family heritages, we will look at how to weave together disparate backgrounds into one whole “self.” The discussion will be led by Dawn Kepler….
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