NEW LOCATION FOR PROGRAM: PALO ALTO What makes a wedding “Jewish”? How can we integrate elements from both our backgrounds? Where will we get an officiant? Do we want a rabbi? What are other couples doing? Where can we get a chuppah (wedding canopy) or a ketubbah (wedding contract)? Join other interfaith couples to…
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Thinking about Santa
Thinking about Christmas I have spoken to several people about Christmas and I want to reiterate what I hope you all will do – don’t try to change your observance of the holidays now. It’s too late in the year to suddenly tell your sweetheart that you can’t bear to have a Christmas tree…
Read More »Growing up in an Interfaith Home
Did you grow up the child of an interfaith couple? Have you wished you could talk to other people who shared some of your same experiences? Are you raising children in a home with one Jewish parent and one non-Jewish parent? Have you ever wished you could ask a person from an interfaith home how…
Read More »What! No Chuppah?!
What! No chuppah?! Did you (or will you) get married this week? We are making history this week! If you are one of the hundreds of LGBT couples who tied the knot this week, or are planning to, I want to wish you a Mazel Tov! But don’t stop there – if you want a…
Read More »I’m Not Raising my Kids Jewish
I’m not raising my kids Jewish Last week I talked about the decision to raise kids Jewish. What if you decide to NOT raise your kids Jewish? How do you teach them about their Jewish heritage? Relate to Jewish relatives? Help them understand their interfaith, intercultural family? Let me put this in non-religious terms –…
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How I Decided to Raise My Kids Jewish Two Hearts, One Home When a non-Jewish parent decides to raise their children as Jews, how does that process work? Once the decision is made, how do you make it happen? How do you retain your own religion? How do you share your identity? Join a panel…
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