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
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….
Read More »Growing Your Child’s Identity in an Interfaith Family: Oakland
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.” Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland Oct. 17,…
Read More »Do you want community for your child?
So often we will do for our children things we don’t make the effort to do for ourselves, no matter how valuable. Recently I read a string of emails on the Berkeley Parents Network in response to a mother asking for help in building a community for her child. One mom replied that she has…
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